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Miners protest for better safety following Sibanye Stillwater deaths

Unions say there have been 33 fatalities so far in 2018

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News | 11 May 2018

When losing your job means losing your home

Former farm worker battles to keep house on Ceres farm but farmer says there is a shortage of homes for current workers

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News | 10 May 2018

Woman had to buy fake permit to get child into school

No place at school without a study permit, but no study permit without a place in school, complain Zimbabwean parents

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News | 10 May 2018

Refugee organisations take Home Affairs to court for defying judges

More than a month after the deadline, still no fully functioning refugee centre in Cape Town

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News | 10 May 2018

City explains new water tariffs

Higher fixed monthly charge will help pay for new sources of water for Cape Town

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News | 10 May 2018

Protesters call for head of UNAIDS to go

Michel Sidibé apologises to AIDS activists but they say it’s not good enough

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News | 10 May 2018

Wolwerivier is the only option for Woodstock evictees, court told

Brett Herron urges families to apply for social housing

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News | 10 May 2018

Living under an upturned boat

MS2, Vrygrond: five families live in three old bakkie canopies and a boat

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News | 9 May 2018

Shacks demolished while occupied say Khayelitsha residents

City stops demolitions after fierce resistance and clash between police and occupiers

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News | 9 May 2018

Gauteng court blocks occupation of cheese company’s land

Councillor backs company against occupiers

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News | 9 May 2018

New settlement to be named after Gugulethu Seven

Backyarders make yet another attempt to occupy empty land in Gugs

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News | 8 May 2018

Mother wants to know who killed her child in police shoot-out

Two years after a fatal shooting in which seven high school students were also injured, families and victims have been told nothing

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News | 8 May 2018

City of Cape Town clamps down on illegal extensions to houses

More than 100 property entrepreneurs in Dunoon face prosecution

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News | 8 May 2018

Vrygrond recycling centre threatened with closure

City goes to court to close premises on land at centre of land occupation

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News | 8 May 2018

New school already crammed beyond capacity

Parents demand Enkanini Primary admit their children amidst public transport collapse

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News | 7 May 2018

Bus driver explains why he’s on strike

Unpaid work time, long hours, no time with his family

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News | 4 May 2018