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PE nurses strike escalates

Health workers are worried about their safety after a spate of assaults

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News | 8 October 2019

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One in seven plants and animals in SA threatened with extinction, new report shows

Alien vegetation has a “severe impact” on biodiversity says SANBI

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News | 8 October 2019

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Key takeaways: IPID’s cover-up of police brutality

There were over 42,000 criminal complaints against the police from April 2012 to March 2019, and only 531 successful prosecutions

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News | 7 October 2019

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Viewfinder: IPID’s cover-up of police brutality in SA

Public records, government data, whistleblowers and victim testimony have converged to show how crimes by police officers have not been investigated properly

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Feature | 7 October 2019

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Protesters face off against police in Vrygrond

Residents call for an end to shack demolitions

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News | 7 October 2019

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Inanda residents close off roads in protest at power outage

Problem caused by cable theft, says councillor

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Brief | 7 October 2019

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Broken promises prompt Pietermaritzburg protest

Promised road construction hasn’t started

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Brief | 7 October 2019

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Dunoon: the long battle between the taxi operators and the City of Cape Town

Fight over whether operators who exited the industry should be licensed to come back

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News | 7 October 2019

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Don’t rob us, plead ambulance drivers

Emergency services workers protest in PE townships

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Brief | 7 October 2019

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Cape Flats murders are on the rise

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