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Shacks burnt, residents arrested, man shot in testicles as Durban targets shackdwellers

Anti-Land-Invasion Unit moves into Cato Crest settlement again

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News | 15 November 2018

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Victory for workers at Dis-Chem

Employees who had been working through a labour broker to become permanent

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News | 15 November 2018

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Army has still not complied with court order, say Marievale families

Families evicted from military base say they are being harassed by soldiers

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News | 14 November 2018

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Families can’t bury loved ones as mortuary workers on go-slow

Relatives shocked by conditions in Pietermaritzburg mortuary

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News | 14 November 2018

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Court stops Bo-Kaap residents from interfering with tower block construction

Association says right to protest has been infringed

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News | 13 November 2018

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Farm workers demand dividends from black empowerment scheme

They have accused Endulini Fruit Farm of fronting in order to get land rights

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News | 13 November 2018

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Equal Education calls on Ramaphosa to get involved in fixing schools

This follows decision by Concourt not to hear education department’s appeal against norms and standards judgment

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News | 12 November 2018

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“The struggle for work in East London is hell”

Unemployed men wait on the side of the road for work

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News | 12 November 2018

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MyCiTi workers continue to strike as buses are burnt

Taxi bosses have started defending buses in Milnerton

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News | 9 November 2018

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Metrorail is bad enough if you can see: it’s worse if you’re blind

Blind commuters recount their daily battles on the trains

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News | 9 November 2018

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Simon’s Town shack dwellers’ long wait for housing

Nowethu Ngxangana has been living in Redhill for more than 25 years

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News | 9 November 2018

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Khayelitsha hospital employees accuse management of intimidation

“When we come to work we want to deliver clinical services. … we do not go to work to be fighting labour related matters”

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News | 8 November 2018

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Madikizela blames Salt River social housing delay on Herron

Housing activists protest outside DA press conference

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News | 8 November 2018

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MPs relieved after SASSA briefing on social grant payments

But Black Sash says important issues were not addressed

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News | 8 November 2018

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Photographer demands his photo of Mandela back from UCT

Paul Weinberg is furious that his famous photo of Mandela voting has been linked to institutional racism

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News | 7 November 2018

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Why did the City of Cape Town delay social housing in Salt River?

Brett Herron and DA councillors trade accusations

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News | 7 November 2018