Taxi drivers cause havoc in Nyanga over impounded vehicles: Protesters burnt a bus and four cars, shutting down the area around the Nyanga taxi rank for two days
Source: GroundUp News.
Sex workers march in Johannesburg calling for decriminalisation: Protesters also want safe spaces for women in the city
Source: GroundUp News.
Union starts strike against Massmart: 88 workers retrenched and work hours cut as company restructures its labour force
Source: GroundUp News.
Deafening silence from government on Covid-19 grant: Activist organisations battling to secure meetings
Source: GroundUp News.
Mayor calls for army to end taxi strike: Protesters in Nelson Mandela Bay have forced the closure of clinics, schools, shopping centres and disrupted many other vital services
Source: GroundUp News.
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