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The smell of fire hangs in the air in Imizamo Yethu

Bantu Dabula’s home has been burnt down three times

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News | 10 September 2020

Villagers donate money to build a clinic in a shack

Villagers in the rural Eastern Cape struggling to access health services have tried to create their own infrastructure

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News | 9 September 2020

Family’s RDP home sold without their knowledge

Headman who charged R1,500 fee for sale condemned by chief and provincial authority

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News | 9 September 2020

Loan shark steals SASSA cards in Eastern Cape

Beneficiaries forced to change PINs

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News | 9 September 2020

Councillor accused of demanding sex for job

150 residents protest in small Eastern Cape town to demand he be removed

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News | 8 September 2020

Creecy upholds appeal against giant West Coast wind farm

Wake effect impact on a neighbouring wind farm should have been assessed

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News | 8 September 2020

Day Zero in water stricken Mandela Bay

“We are in big trouble” says resident as dam levels for the metro fall below 19%

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News | 7 September 2020

IT crash blamed for leaving children hungry

Department of Justice says its working to resolve 129 outstanding payments

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News | 7 September 2020

How Western Cape will check for a future Covid-19 surge

Large survey of pregnant women and people with HIV suggests a lot of Capetonians have already been infected

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News | 4 September 2020

“I don’t want my daughters to end up like me” says sugarcane worker

Nobuhle Mkhize with her five daughters and six grandchildren face the poverty trap

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News | 4 September 2020

Patel hands evidence in lottery probe over to police

Forensic investigators appointed by minister have completed their first report

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News | 2 September 2020

These learners are not getting school meals because transport to school costs too much

School in Limpopo says at least 40 of its learners need scholar transport to collect meals

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News | 2 September 2020

Township parents build their own speed bumps to slow traffic

Fears for children’s safety after hit and run accident

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News | 2 September 2020

Plato accused of recruiting whites to help against “land invaders”

Mayor’s message mainly aimed at middle-class residents, say veteran social activists

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News | 1 September 2020

Villagers have to carry their dead over a “dangerous” river

Children stay away from school when rains fill the river

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News | 1 September 2020