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Marikana residents say they’ve lost faith in the police

Police call in reinforcements after 10 people shot dead

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News | 1 October 2017

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Home Affairs ordered to re-open Cape Town refugee office

Supreme Court of Appeal gives department until March 2018

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News | 30 September 2017

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Supreme Court of Appeal gives advertising authority its fangs back

Blow dealt to advertisers of quack medicines

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Law | 30 September 2017

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Prison inmates stage play at Artscape

Theatre programme works with offenders to prepare them for life after prison

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News | 29 September 2017

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Bombed anti-apartheid church will hold service on Sunday

CPUT vows to bring perpetrators to justice

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Brief | 29 September 2017

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Arrests after botched circumcision

“I could not believe what I saw. I thought my son was dead.”

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News | 29 September 2017

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Anger at Khayelitsha dialogue over police brutality

“Where are these human rights you speak of?”

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Brief | 29 September 2017

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“There will be less violence if our children have something to do after school”

Residents call for more resources to combat youth gangsterism

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News | 29 September 2017

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NPA accused of failing to act against corruption in PRASA

UDF Veterans and #UniteBehind picket outside National Prosecuting Authority

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Brief | 28 September 2017

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Understanding the party funding judgment

Judge finds that privacy of donors is not a good enough reason to limit the right to vote

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Law | 28 September 2017

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Tired of waiting for government, Pietermaritzburg residents build their own mud houses

“We have been waiting for houses since 1999”

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News | 28 September 2017

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UCT invites “conspiracy theorist” to talk about decolonisation of science

Academics furious with decision to give CK Raju official platform

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News | 28 September 2017

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In photos: COSATU members protest in cities across the country

Minister of Sport Thulas Nxesi warns workers that pensions may be looted

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Photo Essay | 27 September 2017

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Wage strike at Leeuwenkuil vineyards

“Workers are used to having nothing. The business has more to lose.”

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Brief | 27 September 2017

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64-year-old Duncan Village resident has to walk 1km to the toilet

“It is not the municipality who tells people to start the informal settlement; they do it at their own risk” says councillor

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News | 27 September 2017

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Court declares land tenure act invalid

Parliament told to fix section which discriminates against women

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Law | 27 September 2017

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