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State offices instead of housing for the poor

Proceeds from contentious sale of Tafelberg School will be used to fund provincial offices, not social projects

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News | 24 July 2016

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UCT stops controversial Danish editor from delivering academic freedom lecture

Flemming Rose, who published Prophet Mohammed cartoons, was invited to deliver the annual TB Davie Memorial lecture

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News | 22 July 2016

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We have penises! We have vaginas!

Picket draws attention to HIV positive people living with disability

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News | 22 July 2016

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Radio debate on Lonmin deal shut down

Bapo Ba Mogale Traditional Council members force community radio station in Brits to cancel a live interview with critics of its Lonmin deal

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News | 22 July 2016

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Abuse of sex workers by police rife

Women’s Legal Centre details hundreds of cases of rape, assault, harassment and unlawful arrest

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News | 22 July 2016

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Fifty to a toilet in Pietermaritzburg

Resident says she’s been voting since 1994, but it has brought her nothing

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News | 22 July 2016

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Sascoc board members flout their own rules

CEO holds position in violation of its constitution

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News | 22 July 2016

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Find accommodation for evicted Geneva House residents, judge tells government

Court case postponed to next week

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Brief | 21 July 2016

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Disappointing study results show how difficult HIV prevention is

Test and treat study in Hlabisa fails to show effect

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News | 21 July 2016

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Toilets connected to kitchen sink in new houses, says resident

No electricity since February in Mfuleni housing project

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News | 21 July 2016

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20 Mdantsane families share a toilet

Municipality claims major progress in sanitation

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News | 21 July 2016

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Xolobeni: Ministers duck questions on mining

Imbizo yields no information on murder of activist

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News | 20 July 2016

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Murdered 20-year-old remembered on Mandela Day

Khayelitsha community hold memorial for Bongiwe Ninini

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News | 20 July 2016

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Official who offered bribe for driver’s licence suspended

He will face a disciplinary hearing

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Brief | 20 July 2016

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A day in the visitors’ queue at Pollsmoor

Eight hour wait to see inmates at the prison

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Feature | 20 July 2016

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Battle over electricity in East London

Blackouts as municipality tries to stop illegal connections

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News | 19 July 2016

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