Articles for Barbara October

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Constitutional Court cuts CPS down to size

Company told to charge R16.44 to pay cash grants, not R45

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Brief | 31 May 2018

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Woman faces eviction after 51 years on a farm

200 people under threat of eviction in Simondium, meeting told

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News | 31 May 2018

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“No toilets equals crap wine” farm workers warn

Workers march for better working conditions

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News | 31 May 2018

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Still no proper facilities for rape survivors at Khayelitsha court

Promises made in December have not yet been kept

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News | 28 May 2018

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CPS drops its rate for social grant payments

Company prepared to accept R45 per cash beneficiary - for now

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News | 28 May 2018

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“When will we black lesbians live freely in our community?”

Triangle Project moves to get man accused of lesbian murder behind bars

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Brief | 23 May 2018

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Sexual assault charges against teacher dropped after five postponements

Court told the investigating officer is on leave and therefore witnesses could not be located

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Brief | 22 May 2018

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Women and children may get their own train carriages

#UniteBehind says PRASA board chair has undertaken to introduce chaperoned carriages

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Brief | 21 May 2018

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Treasury shoots down CPS social grant payment fee

R51 recommended to Constitutional Court instead of R67 per cash beneficiary

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News | 3 May 2018

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SASSA tells NET1 to retract “misleading” pamphlet

Company told to apologise to social grant beneficiaries

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News | 25 April 2018

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Correcting social grant deductions is “expensive” and “inefficient”

Beneficiaries struggle to get back money taken in fraudulent debits to their accounts

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News | 23 April 2018

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New SASSA cards to be launched countrywide in May

Worcester beneficiaries among first group to get new cards

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Brief | 19 April 2018

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Hundreds sign petition to deny bail to man accused of murdering lesbian

“This was a hate crime. He lives in the community where the victim resided.”

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News | 12 April 2018

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Raped at 10, assaulted at 15, then harassed in the police station while laying charges

Klapmuts teenager’s grim story

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News | 10 April 2018

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Unions to march against labour law changes

Saftu says right to strike undermined and minimum wage threatened

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Brief | 9 April 2018

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Social grant payouts go smoothly in Western Cape

SASSA says over 900,000 people have been successfully paid so far in the province

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News | 9 April 2018