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Passion and drive propel Rachel Bukasa’s human rights mission

Maverick Citizen

Passion and drive propel Rachel Bukasa’s human rights mission

By Thom Pierce

Taxi strike affects service delivery in Western Cape municipalities

Maverick News

Taxi strike affects service delivery in Western Cape municipalities

By Suné Payne and Jim Mohlala

Finetown residents celebrate opening of community clinic after four-year wait

South Africa

Finetown residents celebrate opening of community clinic after four-year wait

By Zukiswa Pikoli

Freedom evades Freedom Park as residents protest over lack of access to land and sanitation

South Africa

Freedom evades Freedom Park as residents protest over lack of access to land and sanitation

By Zukiswa Pikoli and Naledi Sikhakhane

‘We are suffering’: Gauteng’s Finetown clinic remains shuttered three years after being built

South Africa

‘We are suffering’: Gauteng’s Finetown clinic remains shuttered three years after being built

By Zukiswa Pikoli

Do we need another Arab Spring for people to get basic services?

South Africa

Do we need another Arab Spring for people to get basic services?

By Zukiswa Pikoli

‘Beyond social grants, SA is tackling inequality while stimulating economic growth – here’s how’

South Africa

‘Beyond social grants, SA is tackling inequality while stimulating economic growth – here’s how’

By Cyril Ramaphosa

Learners picket in Pretoria over govt scrapping deadlines to fix schools

South Africa

Learners picket in Pretoria over govt scrapping deadlines to fix schools

By Magnificent Mndebele

Deadline for public to comment on education minimum norms and standards extended

South Africa

Deadline for public to comment on education minimum norms and standards extended

By Marecia Damons

Learners protest education department proposal to end deadlines to fix schools

South Africa

Learners protest education department proposal to end deadlines to fix schools

By Marecia Damons

Tshwane mayor raises the ire of Mamelodi flood victims after ‘ignoring’ their plight

South Africa

Tshwane mayor raises the ire of Mamelodi flood victims after ‘ignoring’ their plight

By Peter Mothiba