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Marikana protesters bring grievances to Western Cape Premier’s front gate

Informal settlement residents want better security

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News | 31 October 2019

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Limpopo Premier wages “war on potholes” – but only on Facebook

Hours after the photoshoot, the trucks had left

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Brief | 31 October 2019

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Government scrambles as court deadline on foster care looms

Thousands of foster care grants at stake

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News | 31 October 2019

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How to buy your dream house using public money

Documents show that Lottopreneur Lesley Ramulifho used at least R5 million from a Lottery grant to pay for his luxury Pretoria house

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Feature | 31 October 2019

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Cape Town’s battle for spatial justice

There is a disconnect between what the City says and what it does when it comes to housing, development, and urban planning.

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Analysis | 31 October 2019

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Land to be freed up in Cape Town city centre

Land under unfinished freeway to be returned to City

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Brief | 31 October 2019

A women lifts her hands that was dippid in red coloured water which is used by the police water canon. She said that it resembles “blood”.

Chaos in Cape Town as refugees evicted from city centre protest

Court order against protesters outside UN High Commissioner for Refugees

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Photo Essay | 30 October 2019

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Another child drowns in Addo canal

Police have found the body of 11-year-old Olwenene Maqanda

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News | 30 October 2019

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Study shows targeted interventions can reduce gender violence

Results from a programme run in urban informal settlements in eThekwini look promising

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News | 30 October 2019

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Villagers without drinking water blame government, not the drought

Pipes installed in Dutywa villages in 2008 have never had water

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Brief | 30 October 2019

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Uitenhage gogo given the run-around over water leak

“Instead of explaining yet again, I broke down and cried”

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News | 29 October 2019

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Street vendors’ stalls vandalised

Built in 2014, the stalls have never been used by traders

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News | 29 October 2019

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Land occupation named after Mayor Bobani erupts in protests

“He said we can rebuild our shacks and live here. He promised to give us toilets, water and electricity”

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News | 29 October 2019

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Will Net1 have to pay back the money?

Accounts being audited by SASSA in accordance with Constitutional Court ruling

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GroundView | 29 October 2019

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Cape Town residents battle spring floods

Deluge of rain over weekend leaves shacks and roads waterlogged

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Family in Brakpan terrorised for laying rape charges

“They always break the door and enter with guns, pangas, golf clubs and sticks. They beat us”

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