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Electricity protests after RDP homeowners disconnect informal settlement – News from GroundUp

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Electricity protests after RDP homeowners disconnect informal settlement: “Our electricity boxes trip and only start to work the following day” says RDP homeowner in Mfuleni
Source: GroundUp News.

“The only time they flock here is when they want our votes” says Pietermaritzburg resident: The City has promised to send a team to resolve issues of sanitation in Mkhondeni
Source: GroundUp News.

Evictions: When is a shack occupied and when is it not?: The battle to find out which criteria are used by the City of Cape Town
Source: GroundUp News.

150 people use one woman’s toilet: “I feel for her. If it was someone else, they would never accept what we are doing.”
Source: GroundUp News.

“There can be no justification for torture, ever” – top brass tell police: Police who refuse to comply with internal directive may be held personally liable
Source: GroundUp News.

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