Photo of CPUT students outside High Court.

CPUT students challenge suspensions in court

Application brought to change interdict against them

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News | 27 January 2016

Quiet walk home turns into nightmare for Malawians

27 January 2016   NEWS

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Asylum-seeker spends six weeks in prison

Photo of Kanyisa Ntombini handing over a memorandum to Max Price.

Disabled UCT students demand access

"It’s not that we are being difficult or trying to make people's lives harder. We just want access to the education we paid for."

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News | 27 January 2016

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Parents refuse to pay for teachers who don’t teach

School accused of victimising children

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News | 27 January 2016

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Mfuleni residents demand new cemetery

City says land has been set aside

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News | 27 January 2016

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Gay activist attacked in Port Elizabeth tavern

Cape Town man says police refused to open docket

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News | 27 January 2016

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Students close down Masiphumelele school

Protest against levy, textbooks, suspensions

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News | 26 January 2016

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Drought bites into the budgets of the poor

Consumers report rising prices of staple foods

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News | 26 January 2016

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UCT’s new plan to deal with student debt

Students allowed to register if they convert debt into a new loan

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News | 26 January 2016

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Will North West premier depose tainted tribal leader?

Or do too many politicians have a vested interest in his continued reign?

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Analysis | 25 January 2016

Cosatu decision to host WFTU questioned

25 January 2016   OPINION

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Federation's hosting of controversial congress might cause rift with overseas trade unions

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Unions slam teacher allocation policy

African and rural schools disadvantaged, says SADTU

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News | 25 January 2016

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WEF has no answers for job losses

Klaus Schwab has blinkered view of robotics revolution and employment

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Opinion | 25 January 2016

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Anti-land invasion unit demolishes creche extension

Owners and staff members of a community creche in Delft South were upset yesterday when an extension to their school was demolished by the City of Cape Town's Anti Land Invasion Unit (ALIU).

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News | 22 January 2016

Photo of large number of protestors in front of UCT Jameson Hall.

UCT union declares dispute

The Employees Union at UCT has declared a dispute with UCT Management over salary increases.

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Brief | 22 January 2016

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Pietermaritzburg school students lock teachers out

Students say school should not charge fees merely because it is surrounded by nice houses.

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News | 22 January 2016

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