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Dagga prohibition needs to end

We need a rational approach, grounded in evidence, to growing, selling and consuming cannabis products

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GroundView | 15 October 2019

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Gordon’s Bay mosque approved after five-year wait

Objectors say further action may follow

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News | 14 October 2019

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Taxi associations accused of terrorising immigrants in Pretoria

Men beaten up, accused of drug dealing

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News | 14 October 2019

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“People feel betrayed”: small-scale dagga growers fear exclusion from legal trade

Part two in a series on the Pondoland dagga growers

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Feature | 14 October 2019

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Brief | 14 October 2019

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Extinction Rebellion pickets Gwede Mantashe’s department

Global movement against human-caused climate change steps up its South African presence

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Brief | 11 October 2019

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Red ants and rubber bullets are the only service delivery we know, says Brakpan resident

Protesters barricade road after illegal electrical connections removed

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News | 11 October 2019

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SA has no reliable data on subsidised housing, says report

Centre for Affordable Housing Finance points to holes in data collection process

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News | 11 October 2019

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Neighbours to the aid of Soshanguve family

No social grants for young mother and her four children who have no birth certificates

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Brief | 11 October 2019

Elections 2026

How is your municipality doing?

We are doing in depth reports on municipalities across the country ahead of the 2026 local elections.

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Cape Flats murders are on the rise

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What the latest tests say about beach water quality in Durban and Cape Town

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