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Shack dwellers evicted from Langa for N2 Gateway project

Joe Slovo residents watch as their shacks are demolished

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News | 7 November 2018

Derelict Home Affairs office in Atlantis shut down by Department of Labour

Building, where toilets didn’t work and fire escapes were blocked, was reopened this week

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News | 7 November 2018

“We are only good for votes” say Cato Crest families

Residents face more evictions in their new community

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News | 6 November 2018

Ramaphosa announces gang task force for Hanover Park

“We must give jobs to the gangsters. It’s not all about the violence” retorts resident

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News | 2 November 2018

Knysna fire victims blame slow response for tragedy

SANParks manager says gale force winds made the situation untenable

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News | 2 November 2018

Brett Herron and JP Smith in war of words over social housing

Mayco member Brett Herron resigns from DA and city council

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News | 1 November 2018

Heineken strike leaders fear dismissal

Brewery workers want better conditions and to be insourced

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News | 1 November 2018

Why it takes so long for schools to be built

Equal Education demands transparency from government to improve delivery of school buildings

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News | 31 October 2018

Home Affairs in court after official tears up child’s passport

Tinashe Bello was happily at school in Cape Town until he applied for a visa to allow him to represent his school in a German soccer tournament

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News | 31 October 2018

Electricity bill gives pensioner a shock

Estimated reading by City four times higher than her usual bill

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News | 31 October 2018

Police and MPs blame immigrants, unemployment, gangs, and each other for crime

Much grandstanding, little substance in Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Police hearing

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News | 30 October 2018

Gogos pay to queue for pensions

Social grant beneficiaries pay R10 to R20 to get a space outside the Pietermaritzburg post office

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News | 30 October 2018

Twitter abuse continues in Mabola Coal Mine saga

Atha-Africa senior executive continues to troll Centre for Environmental Rights

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News | 29 October 2018

Lonmin says it is a victim of vexatious litigation

The Mining Forum has applied for the company’s mining license to be suspended

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News | 29 October 2018

Court blocks activist event in Woodstock

City of Cape Town brought an urgent application against Reclaim the City

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News | 27 October 2018

Over 800 people homeless after Vrygrond fire

309 homes destroyed in Overcome Heights informal settlement

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News | 26 October 2018