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Dozens of families spend night outside amid ongoing evictions – News from GroundUp

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Dozens of families spend night outside amid ongoing evictions: “They left us with nothing. I don’t know where I will go now” says Khayelitsha occupier
Source: GroundUp News.

Covid-19: Circumcision schools suspended in Eastern Cape: Teams sent to Chris Hani, Komani, OR Tambo and Port St John’s to “rescue boys” in illegal schools, says Provincial Chair of House of Traditional leaders
Source: GroundUp News.

Human Rights Commission asked to look at farm job losses and evictions: Seasonal farm worker says she was dismissed without full pay and told: “It’s because of the virus”
Source: GroundUp News.

Covid-19: Here’s what occupations in Cape Town are doing in response to the pandemic: Woodstock Hospital is well prepared, but occupiers at Central Methodist Church and Helen Bowden Nurses Home are at great risk
Source: GroundUp News.

Money collected from Glebelands residents was used to fund violence, says witness: Court visits scene of alleged murder
Source: GroundUp News.

GroundUp is an independent news agency whose articles are made available for republication, usually under a Creative Commons license, to news publications. GroundUp reports news that is in the public interest, with an emphasis on the human rights of vulnerable communities and want their stories to make a difference.

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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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