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Waiting for the scrapheap: hundreds of Shosholoza Meyl’s rusted carriages to be scrapped and sold

Most of PRASA’s long-distance train carriages “obsolete”

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News | 3 November 2022

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More delays in case of 22 cops accused of murdering Regan Naidoo in 2018

We just want justice, says father of 32-year-old

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News | 3 November 2022

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Toilets closed at Knysna taxi rank: municipality blames loadshedding

Commuters, vendors and taxi drivers complain about the smell

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News | 3 November 2022

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Learners with disabilities must get a place in school

Support should be provided to those who enroll in ordinary public schools

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Opinion | 3 November 2022

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Why GroundUp is taking the Legal Practice Council to court

Matter is scheduled to be heard on Monday, 7 November Thursday 10 November in Johannesburg

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GroundView | 2 November 2022

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Gauteng government backtracks on housing promises

From a “mega project” to an “upgrade”: Marikana Soutpan families are still waiting

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News | 2 November 2022

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Electricity meters installed after months of protests are faulty, say Gqeberha shack dwellers

Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality warns of fines of up to R8,000 for using izinyoka connections

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News | 2 November 2022

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City of Cape Town and immigrant shop owners meet to resolve tensions

“We come unannounced not to catch you doing wrong things, but to ensure that your shop is in satisfactory hygienic condition”

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News | 2 November 2022

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Xhora Mouth in the Eastern Cape is starting to thrive

The making of a vibrant village

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Feature | 2 November 2022

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Rubbish piles up outside Gqeberha primary school

Illegal dump hasn’t been cleared since March

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Brief | 2 November 2022

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Dismissed guards ask UCT to insource them

“Unfair discrimination” say 31 dismissed security guards, conned by student activist, as they approach UCT’s COO to be insourced

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Brief | 1 November 2022

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A victory for PRASA’s corruption-busters

The dismissal of Siyangena’s court appeal vindicates years of hard work

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GroundView | 1 November 2022

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Appeal court trashes Siyangena’s R5.5-billion appeal bid

Ex-PRASA contractor “rightly found by the high court to have been complicit to the corruption, impropriety and maladministration”

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Law | 1 November 2022

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Gugulethu goes gaga for go-karts

Children raced against each other on the weekend but there’s more to this than fun

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Photo Essay | 1 November 2022

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Municipalities are failing to provide clean water. Citizens are stepping in to fix the problem

Municipalities will only clean up their act if officials are sentenced to prison, says lawyer

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Feature | 1 November 2022

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Gomora in Joburg is where dreams go to die

Families crowd into tiny rooms, with no electricity or water, making a living as best they can

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