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Complaints of shoddy workmanship at new multi-million rand housing development

“I don’t know why they moved us here when they know that there is still a lot of work to be done” says resident

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News | 30 April 2021

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Last-minute call to extend Covid-19 grant

Grant due to end on 30 April

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Brief | 29 April 2021

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Cape Town township gets a pop-up cinema

25-year-old Buhle Sithela is bringing movies to children in Harare, Khayelitsha

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Video | 29 April 2021

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Here’s what’s in the new Equality Bill

You can comment on amendments to the Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimation Act by 12 May

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Law | 29 April 2021

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Immigrant traders demand to know why City of Cape Town has moved them

City says the move allows access to emergency vehicles, but traders say their spots have simply been taken over by locals

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News | 29 April 2021

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Noseweek editor loses defamation case

Judge orders Martin Welz to pay R330,000 in damages plus legal costs to lawyer Leonard Katz

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Law | 29 April 2021

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Man arrested for Table Mountain fire no longer faces arson charges

Frederick Mhangazo came to Cape Town to study. He has ended up homeless and living from hand to mouth.

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Brief | 28 April 2021

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Lottery spends millions fighting former employees

The National Lotteries Commission has already spent R5.7 million in only one of its legal battles

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Brief | 28 April 2021

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1,500 Dunoon families still not relocated a year later

Housing project has been held up by appeals

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News | 28 April 2021

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50% of learners don’t get meals when they’re not at school, says Equal Education

Some schools in Gauteng and the North West are struggling to feed learners who are unable to get to school

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News | 28 April 2021

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Still no water for North West residents

Water and Sanitation department says Mogogelo residents will only receive water by July

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Brief | 28 April 2021

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The only weightlifting club in Soweto is changing lives

Started in 2019, Lifting Dreams is running out of space

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Photo Essay | 26 April 2021

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Promises, promises: the residents of Marikana Soutpan have almost given up hope

Informal settlement was first promised water and sanitation in 2017

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News | 26 April 2021

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“When we arrived there, the fire was going crazy”

Firefighter Nathan Phillips is one of 714 employed by the City of Cape Town

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News | 26 April 2021

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All in a day’s work for reclaimers in Gauteng

Waste-pickers are responsible for collecting 80 to 90% of used packaging and paper that is recycled in South Africa

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Photo Essay | 26 April 2021

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Dozens picket outside Parliament against gender-based violence

Concern over loss of momentum since massive protests following Uyinene Mrwetyana’s murder

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Video | 25 April 2021

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