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District Six: Why judge described minister as “reckless and grossly negligent”

Personal cost order against Maite Nkoana Mashabane after land claims process stalls

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Law | 13 August 2019

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Eyewitnesses describe police beating a man who had a mental disability

IPID appears not to have interviewed key witnesses

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Feature | 13 August 2019

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Drought and strike leave taps dry in Butterworth

Protesting residents block N2 demanding water tankers

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Brief | 12 August 2019

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Lottery-funded rehab centre unfinished after two years

#DodgyLottery part four: R17 million has been spent on Kuruman facility

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Feature | 12 August 2019

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This is what it’s like to go to school in Hanover Park

If they hear gunshots the “kids know if they outside they have to go to the nearest classroom and hit the floor”

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News | 12 August 2019

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“Proud to be trans, proud to be sex workers, and even prouder of their stunning sense of style”

Trans women sex workers collective Sistaazhood launches photo book

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News | 12 August 2019

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Sex workers speak of rape, corruption and harassment by police

Human Rights Watch calls for decriminalisation

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News | 12 August 2019

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Gatvol Capetonian leaders take housing protest to the mayor

Several protests were held across the city on Thursday morning

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News | 8 August 2019

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Western Cape health services paint bloody picture of gun violence

“We are doing battleground medicine,” says minister

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News | 8 August 2019

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Land occupiers say they paid R150,000 for plots, but where is the money?

Hundreds of people from Endlovini informal settlement in Port Elizabeth demand answers from ward committee

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Brief | 8 August 2019

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Shack dwellers raise their own funds for flood relief

“City doesn’t send officials to help residents whose shacks are flooded, so we made a decision to help ourselves,” says Marikana resident

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Photo Essay | 8 August 2019

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“No one was going to believe me” says rape survivior

Eastern Cape women struggle with prosecution of rapists

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News | 8 August 2019

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Concourt judgment will help keep families together

Foreign nationals with South African or permanent resident spouses do not have to leave the country to apply for spousal visas

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Law | 8 August 2019

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Spike in vigilante killings in Port Elizabeth

Police say communities resist investigations

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Brief | 7 August 2019

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Kensington backyarders to join shutdown protest on Thursday

“How many of you have been on the housing waiting list for more than 20 years?” Half the room raised their hands.

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News | 7 August 2019

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The Lottery-funded library with empty shelves

#DodgyLottery part three: R20 million has been spent on the Credo Mutwa Museum and Library, with very little to show for it

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Feature | 7 August 2019

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