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Covid-19: Housing activists call for halt to evictions – News from GroundUp

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Covid-19: Housing activists call for halt to evictions: “The current business as usual response … does not consider the communicable nature of Covid-19”
Source: GroundUp News.

Informal settlements rise up against municipality’s “lies”: Roads blocked and cars stoned
Source: GroundUp News.

Christiaan Barnard Memorial wasn’t ready to accept Covid-19 patient: Woman is now being treated in Groote Schuur
Source: GroundUp News.

“If employers tell domestic workers to stay home, they must still get paid” says union: Department of Labour says provisions are being made to safeguard employees forced to take leave amid Covid-19 fears
Source: GroundUp News.

Tensions high in informal settlement after child is electrocuted: Riemvasmaak residents plan action after the funeral of Royden Plaatjies
Source: GroundUp News.

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GroundUp started in April 2012 as a joint project of Community Media Trust and the University of Cape Town’s Centre for Social Science Research.

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