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Mkhwebane’s report on PRASA is flawed

Public Protector has submitted unfinished homework

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Analysis | 11 September 2019

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Glebelands murders: Accused “celebrated” the killings, says witness

Hostel residents who refused to pay money were killed

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News | 11 September 2019

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A delayed court ruling is blocking a man’s right to justice

Judge Siraj Desai still to provide written reasons for a case filed in March 2016, despite multiple requests

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Law | 11 September 2019

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Firefighters paint their faces black and blue

PE firefighters join the move against violence against women

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Brief | 10 September 2019

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Oil spill: Willowton agrees to community demands

Expert says uMsunduzi River can recover in a year if rehabilitation is done properly

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News | 10 September 2019

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How do we reduce shack fires?

City’s poorest residents use both insurance and technology to fight fires

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Feature | 10 September 2019

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Witness describes purchase of AK47s with Glebelands residents’ money

I was afraid to report killings to the police, he says

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News | 10 September 2019

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Wits students join protests against violence against women

Student leader calls for Sandton to be shut down on Friday

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News | 9 September 2019

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Land occupiers rebuild shacks next to the N2, burn tyres and rubble

Nomzamo schools close, fearing responses to protest action

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News | 9 September 2019

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Two people dead in a stampede as shops are looted

Immigrant-owned businesses looted in Philippi

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Brief | 9 September 2019

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I can’t even let someone hold my kids on their lap, says rape survivor

Mother tells of successive rapes when she was a child

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Brief | 9 September 2019

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PRASA’s Swartz back in court in October

Hearing postponed again

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Brief | 9 September 2019

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Ramaphosa visits Uyinene Mrwetyana’s family

President calls for national campaign against violence against women

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News | 6 September 2019

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Vigils and protests across Cape Town against violence against women

“We shouldn’t have to fear our brothers, our fathers, our uncles, our neighbours. We shouldn’t have to fear the man at the post office”

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Brief | 6 September 2019

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Hermanus backyarders hope government will buy land

Court case to remove land occupiers postponed pending negotiations

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News | 6 September 2019

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“The list of Mugabe’s crimes is endless”

GroundUp’s Zimbabwean reporters write about what Robert Mugabe meant to them

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