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Budget 2022 will reinforce inequality

Less money for public schools and health care, but tax breaks for corporates and individual taxpayers

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Opinion | 3 March 2022

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Network of corruption exposed in Lottery probe

SIU says it has already identified R300 million in misappropriated grants

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News | 3 March 2022

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Northlink students boycott classes over delayed NSFAS payments

The college says it’s waiting for NSFAS to verify list of qualifying students to be paid

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Brief | 2 March 2022

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Judgment reserved in Cape Town eviction case

Former occupiers of Arcadia House in Observatory are still living along the street

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News | 2 March 2022

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Stellenbosch students march against war in Ukraine

Ukrainian expats describe their anguish

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Brief | 2 March 2022

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No work, no pay: Clover workers feeling the pinch as strike enters fourth month

Despite the loss of their earnings, striking workers are determined not to give up their demands

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News | 2 March 2022

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Parents shut down school in Pietermaritzburg

Department of Education has not yet fixed classrooms damaged by storm

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Brief | 2 March 2022

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Netcare sexual assault centres: are they as publicised?

Rape Crisis advocacy specialist raises concerns

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News | 2 March 2022

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PRASA lets stations go to ruin on Pretoria-Pienaarspoort line

PRASA claims it will rebuild and reopen the stations this year

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News | 2 March 2022

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Hospital porters protest, block entrance to Groote Schuur

Porters lost their jobs when a new contractor was appointed

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Brief | 1 March 2022

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Irvin Jim’s birthday party paid for by embattled life insurer

Report finds 3Sixty Life, now in curatorship, used as “treasurer” for NUMSA-owned companies

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News | 1 March 2022

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Striking drivers forcefully stop and inspect trucks in Gqeberha

Among their demands is for freight companies to stop hiring immigrants

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News | 1 March 2022

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Long-awaited policy on pregnant learners promises a new dawn

The Department of Education’s Learner Pregnancy Policy is a positive step but has shortcomings

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Opinion | 1 March 2022

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Soweto youths turn dumpsite into thriving food garden

The pair say their garden has become a hub for locals, with many community meetings now held there

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News | 1 March 2022

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“Bullied” into silence over use of corporal punishment at school, says parent

Learners of Siqongweni Secondary say they are beaten and this appears to be supported by video evidence

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Brief | 28 February 2022

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Court finds that Children’s Act discriminates against unmarried parents

Both partners in a relationship that conceives a child through artificial insemination should have parental rights

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Law | 28 February 2022

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