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Masiphumelele pupils get their bus at last

But 50 learners still have to hitchhike to school everyday

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News | 9 March 2017

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People with disabilities demand better jobs

“We only get hired to answer phones”

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Brief | 9 March 2017

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Child petrol smugglers spend their money on computer games

Mozambican children ferry petrol in canoes to Zimbabwe and spend their earnings in internet cafés

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News | 9 March 2017

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Landmark court ruling on climate change

Department of Environmental Affairs told to assess effects of proposed coal-fired power station

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News | 9 March 2017

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We are giving up our privacy, say researchers

Most South Africans don’t realise how much information they are giving away

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News | 8 March 2017

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Did policeman fire handgun at Philippi school protest?

Eyewitness says policeman pulled out a handgun and fired a single round

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News | 8 March 2017

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Constitutional Court calls SASSA to account

Agency told to provide details of new social grant payment contract

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News | 8 March 2017

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“Home Affairs said I was a foreigner because of my vaccination marks”

PE woman claims she was turned away; Home Affairs denies this

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News | 8 March 2017

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400 workers on strike at Kouga Municipality

Municipal workers want Public Works Programme contracts extended; mayor says jobs must be rotated

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News | 8 March 2017

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Deputy minister admits failures at Khayelitsha police stations

Maggie Sotyu said a lack of detectives needed to be addressed “quickly”

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News | 7 March 2017

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New social grants contract to be finalised by Friday

Dlamini says SASSA underestimated the task of taking over grant payments

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News | 7 March 2017

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Court bid to stop CPS making profits from new SASSA contract

Freedom Under Law asks Constitutional Court to block fee increase

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News | 7 March 2017

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Legal dispute stalls Dunoon’s R16.5 million sports centre

Project should have been completed two years ago

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News | 7 March 2017

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Leaving Home

The story of how eviction has hurt a Cape Town family

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Video | 7 March 2017

A man fixing a pothole

Motorists pay toll fees to Zimbabwe’s pothole entrepreneurs

Holes filled with bricks and sand and motorists charged a “thank you” fee

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News | 7 March 2017

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Children at daycare centre live with leaking sewer

Port Alfred residents say problem reported to municipality five months ago

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Brief | 7 March 2017

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