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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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Herzlia alumni “condemn” punishment of students who protested

Letter of support written for two learners that knelt during the Israeli national anthem

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News | 19 November 2018

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Workers march to Cape Town Civic demanding permanent employment

“We want the City to hire workers permanently and stop using labour brokers”

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Brief | 19 November 2018

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Concourt judgment affirms right to protest without permission

Ten Social Justice Coalition members who chained themselves to Cape Town civic centre will not have criminal records

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Law | 19 November 2018

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Border War veterans fall through the cracks of reconciliation

“32 Battalion raped our women. They killed our brothers and sisters. It’s painful living with the legacy of their oppression.”

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Feature | 19 November 2018

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In Johannesburg you have to pay to picket. Activists have had enough

Right2Know leads march against municipality’s protest fees

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News | 17 November 2018

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Over 2,000 schools without toilets, says Equal Education

Organisation marks ten years of struggle

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News | 16 November 2018

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Billions spent on railway contracts. Yet Metrorail collapses

Roy Moodley, who is implicated in a leaked forensic report, says that criminal charges have been laid against GroundUp reporters

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News | 16 November 2018

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