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Home Affairs considers scrapping male and female ID numbers

Gender activists welcome draft new identity management policy, with some reservations

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News | 18 February 2021

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A new vaccine is being tested in Cape Town: Here’s why it’s different

Scientists hope SARS-CoV-2 will be less likely to evade it

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Science | 18 February 2021

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Community gardeners dig in against attempts to evict them

New Khayelitsha vegetable garden is on land set aside for a provincial housing project

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News | 18 February 2021

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South Africa’s Covid-19 vaccine rollout begins!

Sister Zoliswa Gidi-Dyosi, a registered nurse and midwife, was the first person in the country to be vaccinated as part of the state’s programme

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Photo Essay | 17 February 2021

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Activists demand transparency over Covid-19 vaccine roll out

Right2Know pickets outside Gauteng health department

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Brief | 17 February 2021

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Four children died after eating toxic food from this dumpsite. A year later, it has not been cleared

Yet Mayor promised R4 million to clear dumpsites

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News | 17 February 2021

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No water, no sanitation, no electricity, but for these families this is “Paradise”

Small Kommetjie community hoped to be left alone, but housing development planned on land

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Photo Essay | 17 February 2021

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Unemployed people wait in vain at company gates

Job-seekers in Germiston sit outside major local employer hoping for work

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News | 17 February 2021

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Forced closure of Humansdorp co-op hits farmers

Striking workers vow to keep co-op shut until grievances addressed

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News | 17 February 2021

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Desperate job-seekers are falling victim to fake employment offers

Fraudsters demand money for fees and police clearance checks

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News | 16 February 2021

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West Coast mining magnate due in court in March on assault charges

Australian courts drop one charge against Mark Caruso, two still pending

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News | 16 February 2021

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People’s lives left on hold while Master of the High Court turns away clients

People are struggling to wind up the estates of family members because they cannot access court services

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News | 16 February 2021

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Helping immigrant children get into schools

The Scalabrini Centre’s #access4EVERYchild campaign is assisting families

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News | 16 February 2021

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Still no maintenance on PRASA trains

Rail agency extends maintenance tender - again

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Brief | 15 February 2021

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Schools shut down in protest over lack of water

Protesters prevent learners from attending classes until tap water is restored

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Brief | 15 February 2021

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Covid-19: How bureaucracy can kill

A thoughtless instruction to my school from the provincial education department may have cost lives

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