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Paraplegic man dreams of having a house – News from GroundUp

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Paraplegic man dreams of having a house: Lwando Sigaqa lives in a shack in Taiwan informal settlement
Source: GroundUp News.

Armed men assault clinic workers: Pietermaritzburg clinic closed after attack; patients turned away
Source: GroundUp News.

Furious Uitenhage protesters block roads, turn learners back from school, stone councillor’s office: Shack dwellers vow to bar politicians from Bobani Village until progress is made with electrification
Source: GroundUp News.

Payouts to injured workers held up by faulty government software: New R300 million Compensation Fund software isn’t working
Source: GroundUp News.

Khayelitsha shack dwellers block busy road: Protesters want serviced sites but City of Cape Town says shacks were illegally erected on its land
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.

GroundUp encourages and values high-quality, ethical journalism.

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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