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Three months in prison for trying to recycle waste during lockdown – News from GroundUp

9 July 2020 By Port Elizabethan

Three months in prison for trying to recycle waste during lockdown: Reclaimers finally released from prison in Tshwane
Source: GroundUp News.

New LGBTQI+ draft guidelines for schools critically flawed say education activists: Western Cape Education Department is evaluating comments on its Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Guidelines
Source: GroundUp News.

Community health care workers protest in Khayelitsha: They are demanding to be integrated into the health department
Source: GroundUp News.

Raising an autistic child in a shack: “He once disappeared and it gave us a fright. Now I have to stay and watch him all the time.”
Source: GroundUp News.

Lockdown in pictures – Day 104: Line of duty:
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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This author is a 'catch-all' for occasional articles and letters written to MyPE. The Author of each article can be found in the signature at the bottom of each individual article.

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