Tsoanelo Sefoloko

Nov 28, 2024 | allafrica.com | Tsoanelo Sefoloko

The eThekwini municipality says there is no budget to help residents of Zamani transit camp In 2009, hundreds of families were relocated from informal settlements in Umlazi to make way for the construction of sports facilities and a parking area next to the King Zwelithini Stadium in preparation for the FIFA World Cup. Now, people in Zamani transit camp in Malukazi in ward 89 say they've lost all hope that government will fulfil the promises it made years ago to give them houses.

Nov 21, 2024 | groundup.org.za | Tsoanelo Sefoloko

Hundreds of people from communities across Durban protested outside the Royal Hotel in the city centre on Thursday, where a public hearing on proposed increases in electricity tariffs was supposed to be held. However, the two-day Durban leg of the National Energy Regulator of South Africa’s (NERSA) public hearings had to be postponed as the large crowd could not be accommodated.

Nov 21, 2024 | allafrica.com | Tsoanelo Sefoloko

Their contracts were terminated in July and the eThekwini municipality says it is only considering applicants 35 or younger Dozens of former municipal workers employed on contracts through the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) have been sleeping in Medwood Garden outside Durban City Hall for a month now. They want their jobs back. Their contracts were terminated in July. Many had worked on six and 12-month contracts that were renewed for ten years. Since July, they have been staging protests.

Nov 20, 2024 | groundup.org.za | Tsoanelo Sefoloko

Dozens of former municipal workers employed on contracts through the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) have been sleeping in Medwood Garden outside Durban City Hall for a month now. They want their jobs back. Their contracts were terminated in July. Many had worked on six and 12-month contracts that were renewed for ten years. Since July, they have been staging protests.

Nov 13, 2024 | groundup.org.za | Tsoanelo Sefoloko

Lawyers representing hundreds of early childhood development centres in KwaZulu-Natal say the provincial education department is failing to pay the centres their subsidies. As a result, the centres cannot pay staff or feed children properly, they say. The Legal Resources Centre has written to the provincial and national education departments demanding confirmation by Friday 15 November that all outstanding payments will be made by the end of the month.