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Vegetable garden faces chop for being too ‘untidy’

"Not in our backyard," say library staff

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News | 25 October 2016

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Mfuleni backyarders vow to stay where they are

Residents claim that land was promised in election campaign

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News | 25 October 2016

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Robbers beaten to death by students

Campus residents say security is lax and residences are often targeted by criminals

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News | 25 October 2016

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Why National Minumum Wage negotiations are deadlocked

Are business negotiators representing the best interests of their constituency?

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Analysis | 25 October 2016

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Disabled students protest against police on Wits

But as some exams disrupted university commits to continued security

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News | 24 October 2016

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Concourt judgment: a victory for spouses of farm workers

Klaase case means women's interests must be taken into account before evictions can be carried out

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Law | 24 October 2016

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Silent war on Somalis in Port Elizabeth

Hardly a day goes by without an attack, says Somali community

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Feature | 24 October 2016

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Hout Bay’s patrollers accused of being vigilantes who target innocent people

Resident recalls how he was left naked and almost dead

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News | 24 October 2016

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High school students protest over safety and sanitation

Learners bring Cape Town traffic to a halt

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News | 21 October 2016

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Disruptions continue at UCT with no end in sight

No classes, while students learning for exams forced out of computer labs

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Brief | 21 October 2016

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Why have university protests been so violent?

Factors that fuel male aggression are key to understanding this worrying phenomenon

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Analysis | 21 October 2016

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Dirty communal toilets cause stink in house

“Sometimes I cannot even cook because the smell from the toilets is overwhelming”

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News | 21 October 2016

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“The mine has finished him and he can die anytime”

The terrible toll of silicosis on miners’ families

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Opinion | 21 October 2016

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Hundreds take part in CPUT general assembly

Students demand insourcing and return of arrested students

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Brief | 20 October 2016

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Student leader Shaeera Kalla shot multiple times

Police accused of firing rubber bullets from close range when her back was turned to them

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News | 20 October 2016

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SCA rules on UCT’s “Shackville Five”

In other UCT news, a security guard is in hospital in serious condition

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News | 20 October 2016

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