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Herding cattle in urban Gauteng for R1,500 a month

Motorists taunt 23-year-old herdsman

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Feature | 15 August 2017

What is government doing about Cape Town’s water crisis?

There are a number of projects underway, but it’s not yet clear if it’s enough

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Feature | 18 July 2017

Robertson’s dumping ground for farm workers

Councillor threatens GroundUp after we ask questions

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Feature | 10 July 2017

Black Sash and Net1 in war of words

Chaotic event in Ceres highlights problems with social grant system

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Feature | 14 June 2017

Man dies in raid by Red Ants

Accusations of theft and assault against eviction squad in Ivory Park

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Feature | 9 June 2017

Sarah Baartman sculptor speaks out against art censorship

“I was trying to understand my own suffering” says Willie Bester, whose work has been covered up at UCT

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Feature | 5 June 2017

How Nedbank sold a family’s fully paid home for R10

And other stories of bank repossessions

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Feature | 29 May 2017

High bank charges force immigrants to send money home “hand-to-hand”

Billions of rands involved, says new Scalabrini Centre report

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Feature | 10 May 2017

Sand artist makes a living on Port Elizabeth beaches

Siyabonga Duma, 28, wants to inspire other young people

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Feature | 14 April 2017

“Not a good place for an athlete to live”

Promising Masiphumelele runner pins hopes on success, but may burn out too soon

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Feature | 12 April 2017

Winelands farmers accused of multiple assaults

“Farm workers have no faith in the system … no one is taking the government or the police to task”

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Feature | 6 April 2017

The long wait for “madams or bosses”

“Sitting at home will not put food on our tables,” say the men waiting by the side of the road

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Feature | 29 March 2017

Lobster crash erodes West Coast way of life

Minister Senzeni Zokwana accused of reneging on recovery plan

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Feature | 14 February 2017

Don’t treat drug users as criminals, say health workers

Harm reduction better than a police war on drugs, argues TB/HIV Care Association

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Feature | 8 February 2017

The long queue for social grants

“With the scorching sun or rain, we always wait”

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Feature | 2 February 2017

Harare residents find ingenious new ways to survive

Faltering economy prompts tricks of all sorts

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Feature | 1 February 2017