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Klipheuwel’s creche gets by on very little

It's a shack with no toys, but it offers an important community service for working parents

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News | 22 February 2016

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Will Wolwerivier improve soon?

Residents frustrated with communication and security problems

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News | 19 February 2016

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PE refugee centre remains closed in defiance of court order

Applications from new asylum seekers should have been accepted from 9 February

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News | 19 February 2016

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Cursed to use Metrorail

Commuters say they have little choice in public transport

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News | 19 February 2016

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Rhodes Must Fall lays charges against UCT

Non-violent protest part of "a particular colonial mythology" claim students

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News | 18 February 2016

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Cape Town’s bread basket under threat

City says no decision taken yet to develop a third of Philippi farming area

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News | 18 February 2016

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Community voices muted at Alternative Mining Indaba

By giving corporations a bigger stake, the people affected by mining are being marginalised

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Opinion | 18 February 2016

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UWC protesters demand classes stop

Students say university must first clear all debt and registration fees

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News | 17 February 2016

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Still waiting for 2014 matric results

Students camp outside Eastern Cape education department

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News | 17 February 2016

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Students burnt painting of black protest artist

"Extinguished Torch of Academic Freedom" by Keresemose Richard Baholo among destroyed works

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Brief | 17 February 2016

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Rhodes Must Fall protesters burn UCT art

Fires set and students arrested in protests over accommodation shortage

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News | 17 February 2016

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Vegetable gardens critical for school feeding schemes

Khayelitsha Schools benefit from having own food gardens

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News | 16 February 2016

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Interview with Shaeera Kalla of #FeesMustFall

Current university model "anti-poor and anti-black" she says

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Interview | 16 February 2016

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UCT Students protest against accommodation shortage

Administration says it is short of 700 beds

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News | 15 February 2016

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Immigrant children denied access to school

Dozens of children in Diepsloot turned away over documentation

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News | 15 February 2016

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Ambitious project to teach rural people to code

Non-profit is offering a free course to anyone who shows programming aptitude

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News | 15 February 2016

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