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Zuma promised me a house

73-year-old amputee lives alone in dilapidated mud home

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Brief | 1 December 2017

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City promises Mfuleni shack dwellers toilets and electricity in 2018

45 families in Ligwa beg to use neighboursā€™ toilets

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News | 1 December 2017

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Waiting by the roadside desperate for work

The official unemployment rate in the Eastern Cape has risen to over 32%

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News | 1 December 2017

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Police say crime, not its policies, affect the poor

Judge quotes constitution to police: itā€™s their duty to prevent, combat and investigate crime

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Law | 1 December 2017

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Activists hold mock trial of Zuma

While there was much laughter, Brett Herronā€™s testimony was haunting

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News | 30 November 2017

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Man electrocuted as city councillor takes the train

Commuter was travelling on the roof of overcrowded train

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Brief | 30 November 2017

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Court finds PRASA responsible for commuterā€™s injuries

Masibulele Rautini was pushed out of an open carriage door

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News | 30 November 2017

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Policing system discriminates against black women, court told

Police claim to favour poor communities, but judge says results paint a different picture

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Law | 30 November 2017

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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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