Photo of students with placard

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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New deal to benefit De Doorns farm workers

Lesotho nationals to get permits

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News | 9 February 2016

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Banned from school for having dreadlocks

A Rastafarian teenager has returned to school after three weeks

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News | 9 February 2016

Map showing the land in Cape Town the province wishes to sell

Calls to halt sale of prime city land

Civil society organisations and Western Cape Province clash over four inner city properties

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News | 8 February 2016

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Diepsloot’s community of cyclists

Unable to afford public transport, this group of 200 people have opted for pedal power

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News | 8 February 2016

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Unions justified to demand double digit pay increases

But is the labour movement sufficiently united, independent and democratic to defend workers?

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Opinion | 8 February 2016

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Rubbish piles up in Enkanini for nearly two weeks

Residents in the informal settlement in Khayelitsha have been forced to live with overflowing drains and rubbish

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News | 5 February 2016

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Tygerberg Hospital without water for days

A burst pipe has left patients and staff without water since Wednesday

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News | 5 February 2016

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