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Land occupiers apply for interdict against Ekurhuleni metro police

“The court will see who is lying and who is telling the truth”

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News | 9 April 2019

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Activists crash Ramaphosa’s train launch

“We have written to Ramaphosa at least five times about some of the things happening at PRASA and have not received a response”, says #UniteBehind

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News | 9 April 2019

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Another Limpopo school shut down by angry learners and parents

Road to Waterval High School blocked

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Brief | 9 April 2019

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Durban school principal suspended after allegations of sexual harassment

Why didn’t district officials take action before? MEC asks

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Brief | 9 April 2019

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Learners at Limpopo school for the blind stage protest, block roads

50 learners share one shower … and it isn’t working, say students

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Brief | 9 April 2019

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“All we want is to see the government collect the rubbish”

Uncollected garbage in refuse bins has lined the streets of Uitenhage for three weeks

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Brief | 9 April 2019

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Politicians have failed us, say Alexandra residents

Ramaphosa, Mashaba to visit township after protests

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News | 9 April 2019

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Learners prevent teachers from entering Pietermaritzburg school

Anger boils over because of no electricity and no maths or physics teachers

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Brief | 8 April 2019

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Durban school principal accused of sexually abusing teachers

District official says Carrington Heights Primary principal should have been suspended before schools reopened

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Brief | 8 April 2019

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Give HIV home test kits to men who have sex with men, say researchers

But public health expert expresses scepticism

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News | 8 April 2019

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Langa residents march to police station on Saturday night

“If you go to the police station after midnight, you will find it closed”

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Brief | 8 April 2019

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New land occupation starts in Strand

Private land owned by construction company has stood vacant for over a decade

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Brief | 8 April 2019

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City ordered to compensate homeless for destruction of their possessions

Court found Johannesburg Metro police violated homeless people’s constitutional rights to dignity and privacy

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Law | 8 April 2019

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Fraud case against PRASA executive postponed

Mthuthuzeli Swartz’s lawyer says they are ready for trial

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Brief | 5 April 2019

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“Agents” charge R300 to jump Home Affairs queues

“Come straight to me with the money and you will get inside”

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News | 5 April 2019

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Railway line occupied as rapid Philippi informal settlement grows

Over 1,000 new shacks in Eyadini spread over PRASA land

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Photo Essay | 5 April 2019

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