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Radical new housing deal proposed to break apartheid barriers

City of Cape Town could use its golf courses and bowling greens for low cost housing, says report

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News | 20 March 2019

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Australian mining manager sued an employee for R200k. The court awarded him R200.

Mineral Commodities responds to GroundUp article

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Right to reply | 20 March 2019

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Unregistered taxis roam our roads

Province should take stronger action

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Opinion | 20 March 2019

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GROUNDVIEW: Lottery looting needs to be investigated – urgently

Millions of South Africans buy Lottery tickets. There is growing evidence that their trust is being misused.

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GroundView | 20 March 2019

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Names drawn from a bucket for KZN roads work

Residents demanded fair allocation of work on Newcastle contract

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News | 20 March 2019

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Police officers march to Parliament

Protesters say they have been overlooked for promotions

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Brief | 19 March 2019

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Fix our roads, demand Pietermaritzburg residents

Taxi operators and bus drivers join residents in closing roads

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News | 19 March 2019

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Lottery gives out more money to associates of controversial lawyer

R20m awarded to companies linked to Lesley Ramulifho whose other project is under investigation

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Feature | 19 March 2019

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Cape Town women’s group pools money to build houses

It’s a stokvel with a difference

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Brief | 19 March 2019

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Frustrated by lack of services, shack dwellers block Baden Powell Drive

“The City will never help us until we protest.”

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News | 18 March 2019

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Masiphumelele shack dwellers threaten to occupy land if City doesn’t give dates for new houses

Plato blames De Lille for making promises to community. De Lille says: “He’s talking nonsense.”

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News | 18 March 2019

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Australian mining manager drops defamation claims against journalist

“I have always prided myself in writing objective and truthful articles” says Tossie Beukes

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News | 18 March 2019

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Living beside an open sewer in Port Elizabeth

“Raw sewage pops out of the ground … It eventually overflows into the house”

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News | 18 March 2019

Grade 11 pupil Zenile Ngcame of Masiphumelele High School, raises her fist during a protest for climate change outside Parliament in Cape Town.

South African youths march for action against climate change

#ClimateStrike protests held across the world

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News | 15 March 2019

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Cape Town shack dwellers march for RDP houses

“As long as each family has a tap, a toilet, and a box of electricity, we will be happy.”

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News | 15 March 2019

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Quack claims about oxygen treatment are dangerous

Charlatans exploit patients for financial gain, say doctors

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Science | 15 March 2019

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