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Glebelands witness denies involvement in murder

Trial adjourned to next year

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Law | 20 September 2019

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Children protest against gang violence after learners killed in Elsie’s River

“We are fed up! Enough is enough!”

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News | 20 September 2019

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Skwatsha agrees not to move more families onto Stellenbosch farm

Court to rule on status of Die Akker evictees next month

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News | 20 September 2019

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Kirkwood residents fume while municipality and province blame each other for lack of housing

I have never lived in a proper house, says Xoliswa Ntsilathana

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News | 20 September 2019

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Completed in 2014, this police station has never been used

Villagers battle crime while new police station stands empty

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News | 20 September 2019

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Women-only train carriage proposal derailed

PRASA appears to have abandoned plan to set aside carriages for women and children

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Brief | 20 September 2019

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Coal mine next to game reserve faces legal challenge

Pietermaritzburg judge grants leave to appeal to environmental groups

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News | 19 September 2019

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Lottery whistleblower pays a high price

But evidence supports his allegations

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Feature | 19 September 2019

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89,000 children’s foster care grants at risk

Government promises to meet November deadline, but MPs are sceptical

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News | 19 September 2019

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Students arrested after attack on security guard

Guard escapes through a window after petrol bomb thrown into guardroom at Durban University of Technology

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Brief | 19 September 2019

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Women from shelters picket as Ramaphosa speaks

Movement calls for more funding for shelters for survivors of abuse

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Brief | 18 September 2019

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Parents can’t spank their children, Constitutional Court says

The same conduct by someone other than a parent towards the same child would be indefensible assault

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Law | 18 September 2019

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Fire rips through Joe Slovo settlement, destroying 50 houses

IDs, textbooks, school uniforms destroyed

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Brief | 18 September 2019

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Tender dispute disrupts City of Cape Town’s waste recycling

City still to appoint managers of drop-off facilities

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News | 18 September 2019

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Glebelands: blood on an oil bottle shows accused was at murder scene

Blood sample identifies Bhekukwazi Mdweshu

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News | 18 September 2019

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Oak Valley: employers and employees argue over court jurisdiction

Workers want their plea for better housing heard in the Equality Court

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