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Protesters enter Khayelitsha Magistrates Court

Residents want the court to stop issuing eviction orders

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News | 17 March 2022

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PRASA has let Johannesburg train stations crumble into ruins

“Without a functioning train service, we are trapped here,” says Kliptown resident

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News | 17 March 2022

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City of Cape Town probe into vlei water reveals contaminated samples

Closure of vleis probably prolonged by presence of other pathogens in tests

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News | 16 March 2022

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Court orders Eastern Cape education department to deliver all textbooks by end of March

Judge says failure to deliver violates the Constitution

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Brief | 16 March 2022

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Parents of Villiersdorp learners plead for isiXhosa-medium school

Western Cape education department acknowledges there is a need for isiXhosa or English language schools in the Overberg region

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News | 16 March 2022

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Meet Hendrick Chebanga, an artist who makes model cars

“I make anything with wheels or without wheels so long as they send me a photo”

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Video | 16 March 2022

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Labour Court dismisses challenge to Covid vaccination policy

Case provides clarity on when a company vaccination policy will be lawful

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Law | 15 March 2022

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IPID to probe Durban police after two people shot in a week

Housing movement Abahlali BaseMjondolo blames police for the death of the latest victim

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News | 15 March 2022

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Children of immigrants excluded from tertiary education

Many young people who have grown up in South Africa miss out on university because bursary schemes are for citizens and permanent residents only

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News | 15 March 2022

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Nelson Mandela Bay probe into tenders leaves small business owners unsatisfied

The service provider who previously made the 30% allocation is “under investigation”

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Brief | 15 March 2022

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Gqeberha bus shelters in ruins after contractor abandons site

Municipality has already paid nearly R25 million

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Brief | 15 March 2022

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Dunoon residents can access municipal offices at last

In 2016 Dunoon was put under Atlantis, 35km away, making it hard for the community to reach municipal offices. That “stupid” decision has now been reversed

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Brief | 15 March 2022

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CCMA upholds yet another “anti-vaxxer” dismissal

But commissioners awarded the worker compensation because his employer fired him on WhatsApp and without proper consultation

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Law | 14 March 2022

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No more space for large-scale housing projects, says Western Cape government

Families relocated to Delft say their living conditions have become unbearable

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News | 14 March 2022

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Auditor accused 3Sixty managers of “constructing evidence”

3Sixty Life: a lesson in how not to run a company, part two

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News | 14 March 2022

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Driftsands community protests over week-long power outage

Eskom says illegal connections from a neighbouring informal settlement to blame

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Brief | 11 March 2022

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