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Strike at not-for-profit farm

Employees have not been paid since May

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News | 9 November 2017

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65-year-old loses shack in flood

Thembinkosi Mvinjelwa has been waiting for a formal house for many years

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Brief | 9 November 2017

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Post Office to pay social grants

MPs call for investigation into “delays by SASSA” in appointing the Post Office

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News | 8 November 2017

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Department of Education under fire for shoddy statistics

MPs annoyed about poor data on learner transport

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News | 8 November 2017

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Poor service leads to illegal water connections

Western Cape Water Caucus say the problem is widespread

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News | 8 November 2017

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Families live in fear below high-voltage lines

Shack dwellers in Sondela informal settlement have no legal electricity, rubbish collection or toilets

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News | 8 November 2017

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Cape Town’s city centre slum

Residents abandoned by landlord. Now Public Works wants to evict them.

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News | 8 November 2017

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School transport to be provided in KZN

Equal Education wins court victory

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News | 7 November 2017

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MPs slam Social Development’s annual report

Problems include lapsed foster grants, missed targets for elderly, too many roadshows and much more

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Parliament | 7 November 2017

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Groundbreaking toilet case heads to Equality Court

Service provided by the City of Cape Town to be put under the spotlight

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Law | 7 November 2017

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Chaos at Cape Town station as commuters without tickets cornered by Metrorail

“Why should I buy a ticket when the services are very poor?”

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Brief | 7 November 2017

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How Metrorail treats commuters

Thousands of Cape Town train travellers will identify with this experience

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News | 7 November 2017

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Children with disabilities battle to get to school

Court application to force authorities to provide transport

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Opinion | 7 November 2017

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Ward committee members accused of renting out people’s RDP houses

Endumeni Local Municipality taken to court

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News | 6 November 2017

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Attempted land occupation in Kraaifontein

Occupiers say they want the City to help them acquire land peacefully

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News | 6 November 2017

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Water crisis: it makes no difference to us, say residents of informal settlements

Cuts won’t affect households who get their water from standpipes anyway

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News | 6 November 2017

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