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Report proposes way forward on transformation for UCT law faculty

“Honest process of introspection” needed, says Professor Hugh Corder

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News | 23 August 2018

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Better roads allow fire trucks faster access to Imizamo Yethu fire

“It could have been a lot worse,” says shop owner

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News | 22 August 2018

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Lighting for Marikana at last

Shack dwellers welcome switch-on of first high-mast light

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News | 22 August 2018

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Constitutional Court to rule on right to protest

“SJC10” argue that it should not be a criminal offence to fail to give notice of a protest

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News | 21 August 2018

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Land occupiers raise funds for fire victim, water installations, gravel roads

City of Cape Town criticises illegal water connections at Khayelitsha land occupation

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News | 20 August 2018

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Nationwide computer glitch delays SASSA card swapping

Pensioners in Pietermaritzburg complain of long lines and not being helped

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News | 20 August 2018

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Activists chain themselves to Cape Town civic centre

Constitutional Court will decide future of apartheid-era Regulation of Gatherings Act

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News | 17 August 2018

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Shack dwellers too scared to shit

Access to safe toilets is a daily struggle for Island informal settlement residents

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News | 17 August 2018

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Workers commemorate Marikana in Cape Town and Johannesburg

Ex-miners say they are owed benefits

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News | 17 August 2018

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Cops probed over missing fisherman

Police watchdog opens cases of attempted murder

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News | 16 August 2018

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SASSA grilled on computer glitch

Some beneficiaries charged up to R50 to withdraw their grants

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News | 16 August 2018

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National government to “go after” housing officials, blacklist contractors for rotten buildings

162 duplex flats to be demolished in Port Elizabeth

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News | 15 August 2018

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School sanitation: Ramaphosa accused of “pretending to care”

SA Human Rights Commission, Equal Education and SECTION27 respond to president’s SAFE initiative

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News | 15 August 2018

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Woodstock residents win right to challenge City of Cape Town on housing

Court rules that Bromwell Street residents facing eviction can challenge housing plan

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News | 15 August 2018

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Paramedics seen as soft targets by criminals on the Cape Flats

City has 16 “red zones” where ambulances need police escorts

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News | 15 August 2018

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Former mayor promised us houses, say Nyanga residents

Shack dwellers in Lotus Park emergency housing say they have been waiting since 2003

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News | 15 August 2018