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I cry every month for my money, says pensioner

SASSA files criminal charges in bid to stop deductions from social grants

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News | 21 June 2016

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Bogged down in Never Never land

Winter rains make life hard for Philippi shackdwellers

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Photo Essay | 21 June 2016

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Picket against “censorship” at SABC

Ban on covering violent protest is unconstitutional, says Right2Know

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News | 20 June 2016

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Political motives suspected in Pietermaritzburg double murder

“Two women were gunned down just like that, who is next?”

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News | 20 June 2016

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Still no justice for dead construction worker

More than a year after Melikhaya Pisane’s death, police investigation stalled

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News | 20 June 2016

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Fire fighting should never be privatised

Lessons to be learned from the strike in Canada

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Opinion | 20 June 2016

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Activists draft charter for better education

250 members of Equal Education reach consensus after two day meeting

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News | 19 June 2016

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Day of debate at Equal Education conference

Delegates participated in four panels focusing on the legacy of apartheid on education

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News | 18 June 2016

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Carnival to commemorate 1976 aims to keep youth off drugs

But young people say they know little about the Soweto uprising

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Brief | 17 June 2016

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Equal Education kicks off national summit in Johannesburg

Over 200 members meet to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Soweto and improve the modern education system

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Brief | 17 June 2016

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I am not my sexuality, say youth

Exhibition tells the stories of young gay and transgender people

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News | 16 June 2016

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1976 in Cape Town: recollections of 11 August

"We did not burn the schools"

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Interview | 16 June 2016

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1976 exhibition recalls turbulent times

Exhibit also reflects on the sigificance of the uprising for the present day

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News | 15 June 2016

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Kidnap rumours nearly result in mob violence

A woman narrowly escaped crowd hysteria last night in Mfuleni

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News | 15 June 2016

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Tension over family living in historical Muslim cemetery

"You don’t want to do anything that’s going to starve the kids,” says neighbour

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Photo Essay | 15 June 2016

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In Salt River gentrification often means eviction

Family set to lose their home of 11 years

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News | 15 June 2016

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