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Drivers stoned, vehicle set alight in Gugulethu protest

Avanza drivers forced to turn around

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Can you be retrenched without being consulted? Constitutional Court makes a far-reaching ruling

AMCU challenged sections of the Labour Relations Act

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Traders and shopowners face off over sewage spill

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Over 100 judgments have been outstanding for more than six months

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News | 27 January 2020

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Muddle over Cape High Court’s late judgments

Judge President Hlophe fails to explain why numbers don’t match

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News | 27 January 2020

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Commuters protest to stop bus company from closing

Judge extends liquidation of North West Transport Investments until June

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“I’m still shaking with fear” says Newcastle shop owner - STORY RETRACTED

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Brief | 24 January 2020

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Protest shuts down overcrowded school

Parents demand temporary classrooms to accommodate learners who were sent home

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Brief | 24 January 2020

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Train commuters protest after being told to move to second-class carriage

Metrorail apologises for ticket conductor’s behaviour

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Brief | 24 January 2020

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The report on the six villages in Sicwenza who have been without running water for seventeen years … Read more

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The massacre in the Marikana informal settlement, where eight people were executed in cold blood, i… Read more

Suspended magistrate: Slow and incompetent judges

I have my own issues with how the Durban High Court operates, specifically with regard to missing f… Read more

St Lucia fishers: protect the constitutional rights of the small-fishers

Whatever the conservation pressures in a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Constitution does not perm… Read more

District Six evictions: A polite "no thank you"

If ever there was reason for our National Government to threaten Expropriation without compensation… Read more