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Fisheries department rots from the top

A factional war lays bare a culture of corruption

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MyCiTi workers continue to strike as buses are burnt

Taxi bosses have started defending buses in Milnerton

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News | 9 November 2018

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Metrorail is bad enough if you can see: it’s worse if you’re blind

Blind commuters recount their daily battles on the trains

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News | 9 November 2018

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“Criminals rule this village”

Flagstaff residents demand better policing and tougher action

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Brief | 9 November 2018

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Simon’s Town shack dwellers’ long wait for housing

Nowethu Ngxangana has been living in Redhill for more than 25 years

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News | 9 November 2018

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Evicted Blikkiesdorp families refuse to return

All but one of the families evicted have found other accommodation

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Brief | 9 November 2018

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Court overturns state’s approval of controversial coal mine

Punitive costs award against state

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Law | 8 November 2018

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Khayelitsha hospital employees accuse management of intimidation

“When we come to work we want to deliver clinical services. … we do not go to work to be fighting labour related matters”

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News | 8 November 2018

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Madikizela blames Salt River social housing delay on Herron

Housing activists protest outside DA press conference

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News | 8 November 2018

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Police accused of torturing suspects in murder case

Men who “confessed” under torture were later acquitted in court

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Feature | 8 November 2018

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Corruption Watch announces project to hold police accountable

New website will allow people to report police corruption

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Brief | 8 November 2018

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MPs relieved after SASSA briefing on social grant payments

But Black Sash says important issues were not addressed

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News | 8 November 2018

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Photographer demands his photo of Mandela back from UCT

Paul Weinberg is furious that his famous photo of Mandela voting has been linked to institutional racism

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News | 7 November 2018

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Why did the City of Cape Town delay social housing in Salt River?

Brett Herron and DA councillors trade accusations

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News | 7 November 2018

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Shack dwellers evicted from Langa for N2 Gateway project

Joe Slovo residents watch as their shacks are demolished

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News | 7 November 2018

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Derelict Home Affairs office in Atlantis shut down by Department of Labour

Building, where toilets didn’t work and fire escapes were blocked, was reopened this week

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News | 7 November 2018

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