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Protesters say poor people excluded from housing indaba

Demonstrations outside and inside convention centre at Cape Town launch of land release programme

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News | 8 April 2022

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Wage strike at Taylor Blinds factory

“I feed your families, but I can’t feed mine”

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Brief | 8 April 2022

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South Africa is failing to protect its activists

Killings and victimisation demand urgent measures

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Opinion | 8 April 2022

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Commercial fishing: Hout Bay fishers say they’ve been left out

Applicants have until 29 April to file appeals

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News | 8 April 2022

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KZN learners miss school because they can’t cross the river during heavy rains

Residents say they have waited years for a bridge

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Brief | 8 April 2022

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Gauteng health system in crisis

We are publishing a series of videos showing the appalling human rights abuses in the province’s hospitals

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Video | 7 April 2022

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Prison visits reinstated as National State of Disaster ends

Covid mandatory protocols and regulations will still be adhered to during visits

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Brief | 7 April 2022

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Volunteers tackle Langa’s illegal dumps

”We need to take care of our environment”

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Brief | 7 April 2022

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300 learners, five classrooms, no toilets at this Eastern Cape school

Learners and teachers are battling at Newtown High School in Fort Beaufort

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News | 7 April 2022

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Not our problem, say two municipalities as road falls apart

Neither Madibeng nor Tshwane are taking responsibility for the upkeep of the Kgabalatsane to Ga-Rankuwa road

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Brief | 7 April 2022

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Slap on the wrist for police commander who ignored torture allegations

SAPS failing to enforce discipline in its ranks

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News | 6 April 2022

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Nine years later, these classrooms are still under construction

One delay after another at Limpopo school

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News | 6 April 2022

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Video: Chantal Sampson used to be homeless. Now she helps other people get off the streets

Cape Town project offers hope for homeless

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Video | 6 April 2022

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Dodgy lotteries: what the SIU can and can’t do

And why it’s important that the NPA joins the fray

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Analysis | 6 April 2022

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Court stops municipality evicting single mother whose child has special needs

It would not be “just and equitable” to evict her, says magistrate

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Law | 6 April 2022

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Constitutional Court finds Minister liable for sloppy police work

Minister of Police must pay damages to woman who was held hostage and repeatedly raped over a 15-hour period

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