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There is money to fix our schools, but itā€™s not being spent, says Equal Education

4,624 schools still have pit latrines

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News | 30 November 2017

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Call for Parliament to remove Deputy Finance Minister Sfiso Buthelezi

UniteBehind publishes report on #PRASALeaks

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News | 29 November 2017

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Mogoeng tells SASSA to go back to the drawing board

Constitutional Court orders agency to consider paying grants through the banking system

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News | 29 November 2017

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Property developers booted off Obz Civic Association

ā€œThe attempted ā€˜hijackingā€™ of the civic body has actually energised the community in a way that we havenā€™t seen for years.ā€

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News | 29 November 2017

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Court hears black communities get inferior police services

Civil society organisations want a declaration that the allocation of officers in the Western Cape is discriminatory

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Law | 29 November 2017

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Treasury covering up grand-scale corruption at PRASA

Deputy Finance Minister Sfiso Buthelezi and former CEO Lucky Montana implicated over and over again

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Feature | 29 November 2017

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Day 11: Court hears of witness to Michael Komapeā€™s death

Boy who drowned in toilet could have been found sooner

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Law | 28 November 2017

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Developers accused of hijacking Obz civic association

Legal action threatened following attempt to hold new elections

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News | 28 November 2017

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Municipality accused of corruption opposes audit

ā€œWe want our houses backā€ shout residents

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News | 28 November 2017

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Orphaned childā€™s 10-year battle for a birth certificate

Family caught in catch-22 situation

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News | 28 November 2017

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At last, some hope for injured workers

Compensation Fund starts to work properly again

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Analysis | 28 November 2017

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Day 10: Calls for help from Michael Komapeā€™s school unanswered for years

Former principalā€™s testimony supports the familyā€™s claim against the state

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Law | 27 November 2017

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Security guards do nothing as Metrorail commuters robbed

Guards had batons, while robbers had firearms

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Brief | 27 November 2017

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How much did CPS make from social grants?

Panel of Experts questions Cash Paymaster Services profit submission to Constitutional Court

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News | 27 November 2017

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Ground-breaking police resources case in court at last

Activists want court to declare that present system discriminates against poor people

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Law | 27 November 2017

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MK veterans cut off N3

Demonstration was an angry reaction to Black Monday protests

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Brief | 24 November 2017

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