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Tensions high in informal settlement after child is electrocuted

Riemvasmaak residents plan action after the funeral of Royden Plaatjies

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News | 19 March 2020

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Covid-19: Here’s what occupations in Cape Town are doing in response to the pandemic

Woodstock Hospital is well prepared, but occupiers at Central Methodist Church and Helen Bowden Nurses Home are at great risk

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News | 19 March 2020

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Money collected from Glebelands residents was used to fund violence, says witness

Court visits scene of alleged murder

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News | 19 March 2020

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Judge bars lawyers from collecting fees for “vexatious” land claim case

For years, law firm Sinama and Associates pursued a land claim with “no shred of evidence”, ending in a loss for the claimants

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Law | 18 March 2020

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Dysfunctional Compensation Fund leaves medical professionals “out of pocket”

“Doctors can’t give you a service without payment”

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News | 18 March 2020

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Race to clear foster care backlog before November

Department of Social Development’s backlog still huge as new deadline looms

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News | 18 March 2020

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Covid-19: Taxi commuters anxious about pandemic

City of Cape Town says it will implement a number of precautionary measures at public transport interchanges in the coming days

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News | 18 March 2020

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The dumping of former farm workers can never be justified

There should be a moratorium on farm evictions

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Right to reply | 18 March 2020

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Parents still scrambling to place learners in Eastern Cape

The provincial department says an admission committee has been set up to assist unplaced learners

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News | 18 March 2020

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Eviction hearings to continue during Covid-19 epidemic

It will be business as usual at most courts

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Brief | 17 March 2020

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Covid-19: Why “test, test, test” is easier said than done

Both money and logistics are barriers to scaling up the number of tests for the novel coronavirus

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Science | 17 March 2020

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Covid-19: Nursing homes face major challenges

Elderly and frail at a higher risk from Covid-19

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News | 17 March 2020

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DA and ANC councillors both say hostel is not in their ward

“We are good enough to be used during elections but when we want service delivery we become a nuisance to them”

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News | 17 March 2020

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Covid-19: The world’s unprecedented experiment

From this disaster we can emerge better

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GroundView | 17 March 2020

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Covid-19: Universities across the country close

Students asked to vacate residences at UCT

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News | 17 March 2020

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“I don’t know where I will sleep or get money to buy materials to rebuild my shack”

The City of Cape Town acted on a court order at the weekend demolishing dozens of shacks

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News | 17 March 2020

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