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Mfuleni schools shut down as unplaced learners protest

Education department says enrolments in Western Cape have increased by more than 18,000

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News | 4 February 2019

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Mushroomville waste pickers avoid eviction, for now

“It’s not an easy life but I have to do it to support my family back home”

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Feature | 4 February 2019

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SANDF appeal against evicted Marievale residents dismissed

Pretoria High Court says application lacks merit and orders army to pay costs

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Brief | 1 February 2019

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Khayelitsha clinic saves lives of our best friends

Mdzananda Animal Clinic treats nearly 700 animals a month

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Photo Essay | 1 February 2019

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Is Zandvliet poisoning Capetonians?

A nearby community is convinced it is, but test results are inconclusive

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Science | 1 February 2019

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Protestors demand R70 billion compensation for inventor of please call me service

Movement says it is making plans to shut down Vodacom service

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News | 31 January 2019

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Activist leader Axolile Notywala arrested

Residents of informal settlements demand sanitation in protest aimed at Mayor Dan Plato

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News | 31 January 2019

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Grade 10 learner sells his paintings to pay for school

Innocent Mukanyima wants to finish school before becoming a professional artist

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News | 31 January 2019

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We will occupy any open land, vow backyarders

Backyarders complain that they are not given the same opportunities as people living in informal settlements

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News | 31 January 2019

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Dead man found on railway tracks

Police suspect he was a robber

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Brief | 30 January 2019

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Gloria Matsala walks 10km every day to wait for work on the side of the road. This month, she’s earned R100

Jobseekers hope for domestic work

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Feature | 30 January 2019

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Protesters threaten to empty toilets onto road

Msunduzi municipality doesn’t listen, say residents

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News | 30 January 2019

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How a Zimbabwean hospital treated my dying mother

Shutdown hit hospitals hard

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News | 30 January 2019

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School gets toilets after GroundUp report

Pretoria company donates 16 dry toilets to Pietermaritzburg school

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Brief | 30 January 2019

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Evicted from their home, farmworker’s family camp in an old clinic

Sanna Syster lost her rights to her house when her husband died

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News | 30 January 2019

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Asylum seekers forced to go to Port Elizabeth to apply for documents

Applicants can’t wait until promised opening of Cape Town office in June

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