Lockdown in pictures – Day 134: Covid ambassadors:
Source: GroundUp News.
Protests after taps ran dry in Eastern Cape town six months ago: Residents in the only part of town that still has water have received huge water bills
Source: GroundUp News.
Courts need to explain to Drakenstein municipality what its duties are, says NGO: Municipality says its explanations are dismissed derisively as excuses
Source: GroundUp News.
Lotteries Act regulations to face legal challenge: Court will be asked to declare a section of the act unconstitutional
Source: GroundUp News.
“The tip is flooded with rubbish” says Uitenhage resident: Residents say the only waste disposal site in ward 50 is bursting at the seams
Source: GroundUp News.
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