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Special needs school in Makhanda will have to wait another three years at least

Ten years after a court order, Education Department has finally acquired the land

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Brief | 9 June 2021

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Upington residents battle to get to vaccination site

Taxi fare is too high for some to afford

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Brief | 9 June 2021

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No vegetables, no fruit: surviving without the Covid-19 grant

Nocawa Maneli of Gqeberha lives off pap and rice supplied by relatives

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News | 9 June 2021

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Gqeberha crèche shuts down because of sewage overflow

Activities at the building which also housed a soup kitchen, mobile clinic and church have also been suspended

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Brief | 9 June 2021

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Limpopo community health workers demand permanent jobs

They also say they lack protective gear for Covid-19

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Brief | 8 June 2021

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Toy Story: How orgasms helped me heal

In this video Makgosi Letimile explains how she used sex toys to help relieve incontinence

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Video | 8 June 2021

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It’s apartheid, say Israeli ambassadors to South Africa

“It is clearer than ever that the occupation is not temporary, and there is not the political will in the Israeli government to bring about its end.”

Ilan Baruch and Alon Liel

Opinion | 8 June 2021

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Activist accused of harassment agrees to apologise to Robertson farmers

Farmer says in court papers he may have suffered “economic harm” because of the activist

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Brief | 7 June 2021

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Can the vaccine rollout be sped up?

There are several bottlenecks that need to be fixed

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Analysis | 7 June 2021

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Wheelchair users struggle to use sewage covered, pothole-ridden roads in Dunoon

One man says people charge him R130 to push his wheelchair to the shops or nearby clinic

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Brief | 7 June 2021

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“We don’t know what a vaccine is because no one has ever explained it to us” says homeless man

The Eastern Cape health department says it is hiring more staff to help register people for the Covid-19 vaccine

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News | 7 June 2021

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Tim Noakes and BizNews are spreading dangerous falsehoods

They have misrepresented Anthony Fauci’s correspondence and cast aspersions on Glenda Gray

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Science | 6 June 2021

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Failure to fix pit latrines in Limpopo schools “outrageous”

Equal Education says there were 472 schools with pit latrines in 2019, and that grew to 515 in 2020

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Law | 4 June 2021

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Cape Town golf clubs may be turned into housing - City documents

Activists welcome possible change of policy

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News | 4 June 2021

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Taxi drivers arrested during violent protest granted bail

The court has forbidden them from participating in protests

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Brief | 4 June 2021

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City of Cape Town to evict dozens of Observatory residents

The Willow Arts Collective had been hoping to lease land from the City

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News | 4 June 2021

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