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Activists suspect security company of attacking them

“Leave this building, you cannot stay here. This building doesn’t belong to you!”

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News | 21 August 2017

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Hangberg residents protest for better living conditions

Demonstration started when community learnt that about R100 million was being spent on nearby informal settlement

Text by Sune Payne. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.

Brief | 18 August 2017

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Missing docket delays Khayelitsha community leader’s murder trial

“If things continue like this, I see no justice for Ras.”

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Brief | 18 August 2017

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Residents compel Limpopo municipality to provide clean water

But it remains to be seen if the Sekhukhune District Municipality will stick to court settlement

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Law | 18 August 2017

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Sundays River business owners demand more state contracts

Hundreds march upon municipal offices

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News | 18 August 2017

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Can imprisoned asylum seekers be deported?

What happens to a Somali refugee may give the answer

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Brief | 18 August 2017

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How Net1 will make money after social grant contract ends

Card linking grant recipients to company’s services will remain active

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News | 18 August 2017

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False start to Parliament’s state capture probe

“The key thing here is that we need to get the money back as soon as possible”

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Parliament | 17 August 2017

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Mine workers remember the Marikana massacre

Five years later conditions in nearby Nkaneng township remain largely unchanged

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News | 17 August 2017

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Masiphumelele residents reject portable toilets

“I must sit in front of my children to do my business because my house is not big enough for privacy”

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Brief | 17 August 2017

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Blind and diabetic in a cold little shack

Gugulethu woman tries to get by on R350 a month

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News | 17 August 2017

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Disclosure of party funding: only if it’s relevant, says DA

Not all funding information is useful to voters, argues opposition party

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Law | 16 August 2017

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Activists demand justice for Marikana massacre victims

Right2Know march in Cape Town

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News | 16 August 2017

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Eastern Cape towns struggle with water rationing

Drought takes its toll in Amathole district

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Brief | 16 August 2017

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Tension between haves and have-nots over electricity

Witsand’s informal settlement residents blame Eskom for electrification delays

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News | 16 August 2017

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Blaze leaves dozens of girls unable to attend school

Gamble Street Secondary School appeals for assistance

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Brief | 16 August 2017

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