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Agreement on new nature reserve for the West Coast

After more than a decade of lobbying, Olifants River estuary to be protected

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News | 9 December 2019

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Top Lottery executives coin it

R19 million a year paid to seven people

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Brief | 9 December 2019

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Refugees join homeless for Christmas lunch event

Ladles of Love apologises to homeless as food runs out during event

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Brief | 9 December 2019

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Nelson Mandela Bay admits to “serious infrastructure problems”

Communities have been complaining of recurring blockages and overflowing sewage

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Brief | 6 December 2019

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Mystery Limpopo outfit gets multi-million rand Lottery contract for old age home in Mpumalanga

Facility, which is unfinished after two years, is in Lottery COO’s village

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Feature | 6 December 2019

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Families living in classrooms for 18 years to be relocated

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality says they will be moved in January

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News | 6 December 2019

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Help, my eviction date is tomorrow and I don’t know what to do!

If you don’t prepare, you might find yourself and your belongings on the street

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Law | 6 December 2019

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Court rules that child offenders, victims and witnesses may not be named - even in adulthood

Parliament given 24 months to correct Criminal Procedure Act

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Law | 5 December 2019

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Extinction Rebellion urges Environment Minister to declare climate emergency

“This is the time for you to act”, Creecy told

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News | 5 December 2019

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Mbalula a no-show at meeting with #UniteBehind

“Commuting to and from work has become a matter of life and death” says commuter activist group

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Brief | 5 December 2019

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Government must do more than talk about the water crisis

The solution for the Sekhukhune District Municipality’s waterless villages is obvious

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Opinion | 5 December 2019

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Pietermaritzburg families burying their loved ones at home as cemeteries fill up

Municipality now using pathways in cemetery for graves

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News | 5 December 2019

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Evidence of IPID cover-up mounts, but Joemat-Pettersson declines to act

Auditor-General warned police watchdog against manipulating statistics in 2017

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News | 5 December 2019

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How we internalise stigma and shame

Biko’s legacy can help us recognise the invader within

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Opinion | 4 December 2019

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Opposition to City of Cape Town’s business park plan

The City wants to turn part of the Racing Park into emergency housing units

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News | 4 December 2019

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Osizweni residents cry foul on road construction jobs

Their names were drawn, but they never got the promised work

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