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Minimum wages: too high will hurt poor people

At Cosatu's demand of R4,500 per month, we risk increasing unemployment

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Opinion | 15 February 2016

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Zuma's national minimum wage "own goal"

President is placating business and wavering on policy

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Opinion | 15 February 2016

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Khayelitsha school students want answers

Students sit without teachers

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News | 12 February 2016

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New tv series tells story of woman boxer

Thirteen-episode drama is on Friday nights at 8:30pm

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News | 12 February 2016

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Outsmarting shack fires

Four fires a day are reported in informal settlements. Reblocking might curb the devastation.

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News | 12 February 2016

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Klipheuwel residents insist destroyed shacks were occupied

City of Cape Town and residents contradict each other

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News | 12 February 2016

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Wild Coast battle to save land from mining

We will die for our land, say angry Xolobeni villagers as dune mining looms

Text by Tariro Washinyira. Photos by Paul Botes (with permission of the Mail & Guardian)

News | 12 February 2016

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Khayelitsha Technical School students demand to be taught

Students march on provincial offices

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News | 11 February 2016

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PE school shutdown suspended

Parents set deadline for provincial education department

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News | 11 February 2016

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Metrorail’s skorokoro trains

Here’s why the trains are delayed every day

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News | 11 February 2016

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Eastern Cape parents build their own school

Xhorha community still waiting for help from government

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News | 11 February 2016

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Right2Know pickets on N2 ahead of SONA

Denied permission to demonstrate closer to parliament, the organisation relocates its protest

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News | 11 February 2016

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How drought is destroying KZN’s cattle farms

Lack of rain has forced farmers to make difficult decisions

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Feature | 11 February 2016

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A day in the life of a postwoman

Rain or shine, Priscilla Njamele is out delivering mail in the city bowl

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Photo Essay | 10 February 2016

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Shacks demolished by City were not unoccupied

Residents dispute City statement on shack removals in Masiphumelele

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News | 10 February 2016

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Dunoon parents picket at school

Shortage of space in Grade R

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News | 10 February 2016

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