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Mom heads to Equality Court after son in wheelchair denied access to superette

Shop owner says there’s no space and he has to protect his store from shoplifters

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News | 2 August 2019

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Spar workers on strike

Louis Trichardt employees are calling for a 10% salary increase

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Brief | 2 August 2019

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Protest over removal of illegal electricity connections

“Even if we get electrical boxes for ten houses, that is fine. We will pay,” says Philippi resident

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Brief | 2 August 2019

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Mothers of slain children march in Cape Town

Protest commemorates children killed by crime and gang violence

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News | 1 August 2019

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Conflicts of interest and incomplete projects: How Lottery money is being spent

#DodgyLottery part one: National Lotteries Commission COO Phillemon Letwaba linked to controversial grants

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Feature | 1 August 2019

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Man charged with torching Metrorail carriages remanded in Pollsmoor hospital

He will appear again in court on 29 August

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Brief | 1 August 2019

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Sea Point arrest complaint substantiated says police ombudsman

But two months after Esethu Mcinjana was arrested, still no word from SAPS

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Brief | 1 August 2019

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Heideveld residents say their RDP houses are shoddily built

Homes are leaking and walls are cracked, they claim

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Brief | 1 August 2019

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Call for political parties to support campaign to recall incompetent ward councillors

ANC and DA representatives receive memorandum, but EFF spurns protesters

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Brief | 1 August 2019

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NEHAWU demands dismissal of Limpopo MEC for Health

The union also calls for Director General to be given the boot following Auditor-General finding

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Brief | 1 August 2019

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Three children die in Durban fire

“I left them sleeping when I went to work”

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Brief | 31 July 2019

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“Corporal punishment has never stopped in our school” says KZN learner

Staff member caught on video beating students

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Brief | 31 July 2019

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Dagga business in the open in Eastern Cape

For members of the Rastafarian community it’s an economic opportunity, but some want it shut down

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News | 31 July 2019

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JSC has sat on a complaint against a judge for over six months

“We can’t allow people that contribute or enable corruption to continue doing their work as if nothing happened” says activist

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News | 31 July 2019

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Artists accuse by-law of stifling cultural life in Cape Town

“Only those with significant financial resources are able to comply fairly easily with the bylaw process”

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News | 31 July 2019

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Massive protests needed to change PRASA

UNTU has the right idea; the execution needs work

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