Life after a devastating fire in Cato Manor’s Marikana: The informal settlement is home to about 6,000 people Source: GroundUp News. Long queues at post offices as activists picket for Covid-19 grant extension: ”I do not even have money to go back home if I don’t get paid today. I am hungry” says hopeful beneficiary Source: GroundUp News. Cape Town firefighters fear they will be fired: City says it trying to resolve the matter and has made no such decision Source: GroundUp News. Gay … [Read more...] about Life after a devastating fire in Cato Manor’s Marikana – News from GroundUp
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Flood-hit Marikana residents occupy community hall – News from GroundUp
Flood-hit Marikana residents occupy community hall: Since Friday more than 300 people have forced their way into the Lower Crossroads community hall Source: GroundUp News. Lockdown in pictures - Day 143: Coffee break: 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 … [Read more...] about Flood-hit Marikana residents occupy community hall – News from GroundUp
Gang Affiliate Arrested
The continued recovery and seizure of firearms is a direct result of intensified crime prevention operations, intelligence collection, police visibility and the efforts of the members who work daily to ensure that illegal and unlicensed firearms are taken out of circulation and out of the hands of criminal elements. On Thursday, 1 February at about 19:50 PE Flying Squad members received information that a shooting may possibly take place in Marikana in Bethelsdorp. While patrolling the area … [Read more...] about Gang Affiliate Arrested
Grahamstown in the news: Ramaphosa ready to meet with Marikana widows and families
Ramaphosa ready to meet with Marikana widows and families: Answering questions in the National Assembly on Thursday, Ramaphosa also clarified an apology he made in Grahamstown last week for his role in the massacre. Despite being cleared by the Farlam Commission of Inquiry of any wrongdoing, Ramaphosa has faced ... Source: "Grahamstown" - BingNews. Nkonyeni, Pieterse back in the limelight: He said that Nkonyeni’s production of Truck Drivers would be staged a week before heading off to the … [Read more...] about Grahamstown in the news: Ramaphosa ready to meet with Marikana widows and families
Grahamstown in the news: Organisations mark Marikana killings
Organisations mark Marikana killings: About 150 people from different municipalities gathered in Grahamstown on Tuesday 16 August to commemorate the 34 people who died during the Marikana miners’ strike in September 2012. The miners were demanding a decent wage increase and that resulted in ... Source: "Grahamstown" - BingNews. News Feed: In 2005, Billy De Klerk came across an intriguing dinosaur fossil in a stream bed near Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Along with … [Read more...] about Grahamstown in the news: Organisations mark Marikana killings
Mayoral Outreach travels to Motherwell, Marikana and Northern Areas
The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality scheduled sessions in Motherwell, Northern Areas and in an informal settlement called Marikana for this week. Dr Danny Jordaan, Executive Mayor of the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, invites residents residing in the Alex Matikinca Cluster comprising wards 23, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59 and 60 to join him, his executive and senior municipal officials on Monday, 7 March at the Raymond Mhlaba Sport Centre at 17:00 to discuss service delivery related issues … [Read more...] about Mayoral Outreach travels to Motherwell, Marikana and Northern Areas
