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Sassa shows “contempt” for poor - Social Development

Government institutions clash in public

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News | 7 March 2016

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Police clampdown on gangs gets mixed reactions

Some Bishop Lavis residents do not support initiative

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News | 7 March 2016

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City buys Klipheuwel land

Electricity to be installed

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Brief | 7 March 2016

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The real message of International Women’s Day

The intentions of the women who founded it have been distorted

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Opinion | 7 March 2016

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Most unregistered voters are under 30

Success of weekend registration drive depends on youth turnout

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Brief | 4 March 2016

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Dozens of Masiphumelele fire victims still homeless

“We are not here because we like it," says community hall resident

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News | 4 March 2016

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Nigerians expelled from Western Cape town

Fourteen people flee Wolseley after crowd marches against them, loots their shops, and accuses them of murder and drug-dealing

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News | 4 March 2016

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Protesters condemn “apartheid-style” harassment of student activist

Police say that one of the best detectives is investigating the case

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Brief | 4 March 2016

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South Africa has a draft sanitation policy, at last

But where are the timeframes?

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Opinion | 4 March 2016

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Province agrees to discuss future of Tafelberg School

Activists to reconsider intended court action against provincial government

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Brief | 3 March 2016

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“What would you do if your sister was a sex worker?”

Sex workers explain to the public why their profession should not be a crime

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News | 3 March 2016

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Schools suffer while Eastern Cape fails to spend education budget

Infrastructure budget cut 12% after department underspends

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News | 3 March 2016

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Inheritance: women are still cut out

New laws fail to ensure equality

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Analysis | 3 March 2016

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How clean are Cape Town’s rivers?

Five years after a clean-up was launched there is progress, but not everywhere

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Feature | 3 March 2016

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City Bowl tenants angry after Council advertises their homes

Residents who have lived in Maynard Street for decades were not informed

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News | 2 March 2016

Men run in an athletics race

Sport changed my life, says prisoner

Athletics championship in Port Elizabeth brings together 500 prisoners

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Brief | 2 March 2016

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