No pay, no work: Eastern Cape ambulance drivers down keys: They say back-pay owed to them was promised by 6 January
Source: GroundUp News.
Greenmarket Square refugees have split into “two hostile groups”: Reverend Alan Storey’s church has provided shelter to hundreds of people for months but the situation has become untenable
Source: GroundUp News.
Clinic closes to most patients after burglary: Kuyasa clinic usually treats about 400 patients per day
Source: GroundUp News.
Thousands wait for hours at understaffed Beitbridge border: Nearly 60,000 people crossed the border back into South Africa over a 24-hour period last week
Source: GroundUp News.
Death of children from toxic waste: municipality blames residents for dumping: But deadly dumpsite cleared at last
Source: GroundUp News.
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