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Social grant payouts go smoothly in Western Cape

SASSA says over 900,000 people have been successfully paid so far in the province

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News | 9 April 2018

PE residents homeless because of poorly built RDP houses

People have been living for a decade in temporary structures next to their waterlogged houses

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News | 9 April 2018

Couple’s nightmare battle with Home Affairs

Despite living together for nine years, a life partner visa has been refused three times

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News | 6 April 2018

Jesus Saves: tough love or exploitation?

Straatwerk accused of exploiting homeless people but the organisation defends its methods

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News | 6 April 2018

Mother of raped, disabled child says police have failed them

“She could not identify an accused. The police could therefore not proceed with further investigation” says SAPS

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News | 5 April 2018

Showdown in court over Ceres evictions

Municipality wants to evict 27 people who have occupied the Bella Vista 309 Housing Project

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News | 5 April 2018

Ramaphosa asked to keep his promise to freeze farm evictions

20,000 people threatened by evictions in Drakenstein, Human Rights Commission told

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News | 5 April 2018

Relocated Khayelitsha residents want the basic services they were promised

Residents say ward councillor Andile Lili said they would get electricity, taps and toilets

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News | 5 April 2018

Khayelitsha woman won’t be put off teaching

Fed up with the public school system, Neliswa Dludla set up the Early Birds Lifestyle Academy

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News | 5 April 2018

Home Affairs ignores court order

Scores of asylum seekers turned away at Foreshore office

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News | 3 April 2018

School children recycle waste for food

“This is helping my family very much because my parents do not work,” says seventh-grader

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News | 3 April 2018

Education department blames Grootkraal community for delays

Supreme Court of Appeal to hear case on community’s right to land in Oudtshoorn

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News | 3 April 2018

Memorial service held for housing activist

“Rasta” Dolophini was fatally stabbed on 18 March

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News | 29 March 2018

Land reform policies criticised at HRC inquiry

Most farm evictions are illegal, claims activist

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News | 29 March 2018

Over 5 million social grant beneficiaries to pay R10 “bank charge”

SASSA assures MPs that all grants will be paid from 1 April

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News | 28 March 2018

Controversial land deal comes back to haunt Hermanus

Madikizela promises protesters a piece of Schulphoek land

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News | 28 March 2018