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Unemployed for three years, Thulani Ngwenya believes entrepreneurship is the way to go

“There are many opportunities in our townships, it is just a matter of finding them.”

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News | 20 February 2019

Shackdwellers’ homes destroyed on Valentine’s Day

City of Cape Town says shacks were unoccupied but residents disagree

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News | 20 February 2019

“I want all my rapists to be arrested”

Rape survivor says the police have failed her time and again

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News | 20 February 2019

COSATU calls for VAT increase to be scrapped

Union federation marches in Cape Town ahead of budget speech tomorrow

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News | 19 February 2019

Farmers, miners and immigrants battle for land at old Vlakfontein mine

Moses Skosana has no title deed although he has been farming on the old mine compound for eight years

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News | 19 February 2019

Students shut down Mangosuthu University

University “shocked” by protest; asks for evidence of outstanding payment claims

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News | 18 February 2019

CPUT nursing students say residences are not secure

Athlone campus SRC deny college management met with them

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News | 15 February 2019

Load shedding is killing small businesses

“We are losing profits. Our clients are impatient and always in a hurry. They can’t wait for about two and a half hours.”

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News | 15 February 2019

Buffalo City mum on its shoddy RDP houses

Residents say they occupied the poorly built, incomplete houses after they had stood empty for six months

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News | 15 February 2019

Nelisa Pambane travels hundreds of kilometers to sell scrap metal

“I may not be employed but I will never let my children and me starve.”

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News | 15 February 2019

PRASA says rail enforcement units are succeeding

Capetonians spend more time in traffic because people have stopped using Metrorail, says city councillor

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News | 14 February 2019

Grahamstown residents queue for hours for water

Ageing infrastructure and drought blamed

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News | 14 February 2019

“I am living and working for the next meal”

Khumbuzile Phakamile survives by selling empties to shebeens and trying to find gardening jobs that pay a pittance

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News | 14 February 2019

Court orders security company to pay R2.3 million to provident fund

“I just want to do the right thing”, wife of Proexec owner tells court

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News | 13 February 2019

Violent protests disrupt CPUT campuses

13 students released on bail

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News | 13 February 2019

Thousands take to streets in protest against job losses

Members of COSATU unions in nationwide marches and strike

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News | 13 February 2019