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Art centre pressured to remove painting by murderer

Display of Zwelethu Mthethwa’s work raises debate about freedom of expression versus dignity of family of a murdered sex worker

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Security guard wage negotiations deadlocked

Unions reject offer of 5% increase

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News | 4 October 2019

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Feature | 4 October 2019

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New social grant system hurts the elderly, study finds

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News | 4 October 2019

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Wheelchair user Nonkululeko Dziweni has to wait for two people to take her to the toilet in a mall one kilometre away

Buffalo City mayor hears Mdantsane residents’ complaints

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News | 4 October 2019

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Rats still live in Kanana’s filthy ditches

30-year-old settlement is still a mess

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News | 4 October 2019

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Occupiers of old age home prepare for another night outside

No court rulings yet on their fate

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News | 3 October 2019

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Medical staff demand better security at Motherwell clinic

Strike enters second day

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Brief | 3 October 2019

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Threat of drought looms over Queenstown

Some residents are already only getting water for an hour a day

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News | 3 October 2019

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