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Mounting pressure on families holding out against coal mine expansion – News from GroundUp

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Mounting pressure on families holding out against coal mine expansion: “We know that if we are not here, our house will be burnt down”
Source: GroundUp News.

Homeless protesters disrupt Khayelitsha Magistrate’s Court: If the City of Cape Town can demolish shacks during the lockdown, what is stopping us from evicting tenants? asks backyarder’s landlord
Source: GroundUp News.

Covid-19: Bank accused of freezing asylum seekers’ accounts during lockdown: Refugees can’t renew permits because offices are closed
Source: GroundUp News.

Gauteng government drops “peanut butter ban”: “Many of us were literally in tears as the recipients received their first decent food in almost three weeks”
Source: GroundUp News.

Six die from methanol poisoning in Cape Town: Four more in a critical condition
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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