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No services - but it’s better than a backyard, say shack dwellers

“It was a constant struggle to pay rent”

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News | 22 November 2018

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Bo-Kaap residents claim victory as construction crane leaves

Charges dropped against the four protesters arrested in earlier protest

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Brief | 21 November 2018

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Buffalo City employees on strike for better pay

Workers in East London want City manager to step down

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Brief | 21 November 2018

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Struggle to rebuild after fire destroys Khayelitsha children’s home

SAPS says an arrest has been made and an arson investigation is underway

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News | 21 November 2018

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Cape Town Civic Centre locked down during MyCiTi protest

City says it cannot insource aggrieved employees

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News | 21 November 2018

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Activists lose bid to stop coal mine

Interdict application to halt operations at the Somkhele coal mine thrown out with costs

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Law | 21 November 2018

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Only one in four children lives with both parents

Child Gauge report says 65% of children live in poverty

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News | 21 November 2018

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Joburg’s informal traders want better spaces

New association formed to lobby for improved conditions

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News | 21 November 2018

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New toilets for Eastern Cape village school

16 toilets installed at Mfunalwazi Primary School

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Brief | 21 November 2018

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New black fishing association launched

Chokka fishermen complain about working conditions

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Brief | 21 November 2018

Bo-kaap residents blocked a crane from entering during a protest against gentrification.

Bo-Kaap protesters in stand-off with crane

Four people arrested in clashes with police over new development

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Photo Essay | 20 November 2018

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Inside the Pietermaritzburg mortuary where workers are on a go-slow

GroundUp found corpses piled up and decomposing

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News | 20 November 2018

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10 taps for 1,000 families in Wallacedene

Broken drains, blocked toilets, filthy water in the streets

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News | 20 November 2018

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Abahlali activist claims he was left out of electricity project as punishment

But municipality says project can’t be completed because area is not safe

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News | 20 November 2018

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What does the Constitutional Court’s judgment on protests mean?

The ruling will help people hold peaceful protests without fear of getting criminal records

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Law | 20 November 2018

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Khayelitsha motorcycle club donates to Children’s Home

Bikers say they want to change people’s perception of them and to educate others about road safety

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Solutions | 20 November 2018

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