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Residents spend the night outside Arcadia Place in Observatory after being evicted.

Old age home occupiers evicted

Residents spend the night on the street in Observatory

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News | 3 October 2019

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City of Cape Town refuses to respond to activist prank

Organisers of Monday’s zombie rally sent out a spoof press release that claimed the City had agreed to their demands

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Brief | 3 October 2019

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Groote Schuur unveils new cancer machine that can treat 40 patients a day

The hospital treats 3,000 new oncology patients a year

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News | 3 October 2019

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Customer assaults pregnant Shoprite cashier

Video footage shows man hitting eight-months-pregnant Zimkhitha Xhalabile

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News | 2 October 2019

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Uber drivers say they’re being harassed by minibus taxis

Taxi association condemns violence

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News | 2 October 2019

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Father dies trying to save son from shack fire

Mamelodi father rushes back into burning shack

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Brief | 2 October 2019

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Unfinished RDP houses in Khayelitsha

No ceilings, toilet doors or gutters

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Brief | 2 October 2019

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Elderly motorist doused with petrol in Dunoon taxi protests

Other vehicles also attacked as taxi operators respond to City clampdown

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News | 1 October 2019

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Township residents occupy city old age home

CPOA says it intended to upgrade Observatory building, but new residents say they will not move

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Feature | 1 October 2019

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