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South Africa’s 2016 municipal elections – why the excitement?

An in-depth analysis of the results

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Analysis | 23 August 2016

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Abattoir workers win unfair dismissal case on appeal

Judge Davis criticises formalistic approach by Labour court

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Brief | 22 August 2016

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School denies fee exemption to woman because she’s an asylum seeker

Lawyer and provincial department say school is legally wrong

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News | 22 August 2016

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Zimbabweans march through PE demanding that Mugabe must go

More protests like this needed, says #Tajamuka spokesperson

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News | 22 August 2016

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“Zuma Legacy must fall” says KZN ANC protester

Disgruntled residents protest against new councillors at inauguration

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News | 22 August 2016

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Zimbabwe is desperate - an eyewitness account

Mugabe has failed us

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Opinion | 19 August 2016

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Immigrant shop owners in PE township fed up with police

Perpetrators of xenophobic violence seldom arrested, they complain

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News | 19 August 2016

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Walter Sisulu students clash with police during fees protest

University management says no list of grievances has been received

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Brief | 19 August 2016

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ANC members tell Kgalema Motlanthe: Remove corrupt councillors

Meeting on new legislation turns into complaint session about local government

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News | 18 August 2016

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Here’s what Diepsloot residents want their newly elected councillors to do

But lack of availability of councillors does not bode well

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News | 18 August 2016

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Constitutional Court scathing about arrest and detention of child

"Even when they are in conflict with the law, we should not permit the hand of the law to fall hard on them like a sledgehammer lest we destroy them."

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Law | 18 August 2016

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Check out Cape Town’s hip street style

People from all walks of life express themselves through fashion

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Photo Essay | 18 August 2016

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Lack of money threatens dancer’s dreams

Fifteen-year-old from Mitchells Plain wants to be a professional ballet dancer

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News | 18 August 2016

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Picketing Aspen workers deprived of water

Union says company is breaking the rules

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Brief | 17 August 2016

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Learners told to shave their heads or leave school

Education department to investigate Pietermaritzburg school

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News | 17 August 2016

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Man found dead in Mfuleni after gunshots heard

Suspected mob justice killing

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Brief | 17 August 2016

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