Is Shamila Batohi winning the battle to fix the NPA?: Results so far have been disappointing but there is hope
Source: GroundUp News.
Municipal workers threaten to intensify protests: Expanded Public Works Programme workers want permanent jobs
Source: GroundUp News.
1,000 RDP homes substandard and unfinished: R174-million Eastern Cape building fiasco
Source: GroundUp News.
Hard life for Fairview’s horse grooms: They want the government to provide services to their informal settlement but it’s on private land. Nevertheless there is hope that a pending land transfer will change things
Source: GroundUp News.
Can you smoke dagga before work?: A CCMA ruling suggests you can so long as it doesn’t impair your performance
Source: GroundUp News.
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