Man burnt to death for stealing a cellphone: Second man in a month to be killed in mob justice in PE informal settlement
Source: GroundUp News.
The questions PRASA failed to answer: South Africa’s commuter rail service has been looted. There is no sign it will stop
Source: GroundUp News.
No classes for thousands of children because school cannot meet Covid-19 requirements: Joe Gqabi District Municipality closed ET Thabane Primary School last year
Source: GroundUp News.
More than half the vehicles at a Uitenhage police station are not working: A burst tyre is enough to put a police vehicle out of action for over seven months
Source: GroundUp News.
Shack dwellers given ten days to vacate railway lines: PRASA plans to resume services on the Cape Town Central Line but an informal settlement is in the way
Source: GroundUp News.
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