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In photos: Cape Town’s affordable housing sites

City has committed to turning 13 sites near the city centre into homes for low-income households

Text by Will Yoder. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.

Photo Essay | 14 September 2017

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R66 million paid out to former miners with silicosis

Q(h)ubeka Trust reports back after first 16 months

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Feature | 14 September 2017

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Judge urges Bromwell Street parties to mediate

“It is tragic that people would have to go to Wolwerivier [when] there could have been some place closer to Woodstock for them to stay”

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Law | 14 September 2017

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Hout Bay shows how desperately we need good police leadership

Police commissioners’ silence following shooting of Ona Dubula is shameful

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GroundView | 14 September 2017

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IPID to investigate shooting of teenage boy

Case of attempted murder has been opened

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Brief | 14 September 2017

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A history of violence: police action in Hout Bay

Fourteen-year-old boy has surgery to remove rubber bullet

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News | 13 September 2017

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March to Parliament over Rohingya killings

Protesters want the South African government to put pressure on Myanmar

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Brief | 13 September 2017

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Parliament in court over its high paid bouncers

New elite security team displaces long-serving parliamentary protection officers

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Parliament | 13 September 2017

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No one held accountable for death of man during Red Ants raid

Months after Samuel Mabunda died, police, security industry, municipality fail to account

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News | 13 September 2017

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Gordhan urges South Africans to be informed about Eskom

Simple booklet explaining Eskom Inquiry has been published

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News | 13 September 2017

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In photos: Hangberg erupts over fishing rights

Rubber bullets, petrol bombs, flares and tear gas fill the air as protest escalates

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Photo Essay | 13 September 2017

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Tracking down the teenager shot in the mouth by police

Rubber bullets broke his ribs and smashed his tongue

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News | 13 September 2017

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Court invalidates ANC conference and election

What happens next is up to the party

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Law | 13 September 2017

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Maritzburg township has only one working tap

Municipality tells residents to use water sparingly

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Brief | 13 September 2017

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Fort Hare student protests continue as talks fail

Nursing students enter second month of protest action

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Brief | 12 September 2017

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Judge questions City’s plan to send Woodstock families to Wolwerivier

“If you get sent to Wolwerivier, what is the chance you will be able to get out?”

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News | 12 September 2017

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