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No HIV transmissions after sex 58,000 times without condoms

Amazing result in a study of couples where one partner is HIV-positive and on antiretroviral treatment

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News | 13 July 2016

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Uncertain future for residents of old stables in Woodstock

Die Stalle to be developed as social housing

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News | 13 July 2016

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Corruption allegations against Gideon Sam come back to life

Accusations against Sascoc president related to social grants result in urgent meeting

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News | 13 July 2016

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Uber drivers protest after hijacking

Cash system puts drivers at risk, they say

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Brief | 12 July 2016

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Xolobeni community want answers at meeting

Police to face questions about activist’s death

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Brief | 12 July 2016

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Train strike: where were the buses?

Commuters stranded as drivers strike after death of colleague

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News | 12 July 2016

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Cape Town short on paraffin

Communities without electricity that depend on paraffin for heating and cooking have been struggling for weeks

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News | 12 July 2016

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Farm worker loses four fingers in accident

Zimbabwean awaiting compensation and unable to work

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News | 12 July 2016

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Students shutdown PE university, accusing administration of breaking agreement

Sasco vows to continue until university agrees to its demands

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News | 11 July 2016

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No effort by municipality to fix leaking water and sewage

For years, residents of Ekwarini have lived in damp squalor, and the Buffalo City administration has done nothing about it

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News | 11 July 2016

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Uncertainty over Zimbabwean import ban

Many rely on South Africa’s cheaper groceries and goods

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News | 11 July 2016

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Families stuck in shacks because of government squabble

Housing project halted while municipality and contractor differ over invoice

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Brief | 11 July 2016

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ANC split in Philippi

Supporters of the incumbent councillor say they will not allow voting in August

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Brief | 11 July 2016

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Bizarre state involvement in AIDS conference

Security agency leads media accreditation process

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Brief | 8 July 2016

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Legislation to stop predatory wage deductions underway

Debt collectors have been exploiting involuntary and uninformed agreements with debtors

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News | 8 July 2016

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Man stuck with R98,000 hospital bill after police shooting

Investigation into 2005 incident still incomplete

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