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School governing body members accuse Mohlakeng principal of maladministration

Corruption Watch is investigating the claims

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News | 2 June 2017

Community leader shot dead after massive Khayelitsha land occupation

Backyarders vow to continue battle for land

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News | 1 June 2017

Couple to receive a house after 50 years in a shack

Plan for 180 houses to be built in Pella, near Atlantis, within 12 months

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News | 1 June 2017

Rocky start to reblocking at Imizamo Yethu

The reorganisation of the informal settlement, meant to take three months, is struggling to make progress

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News | 31 May 2017

Doctors say commission ruling on sex work is bad for HIV prevention

Many organisations condemn SALRC report

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News | 31 May 2017

Asylum seekers targeted by thieves at Home Affairs

More security needed outside refugee centre

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News | 31 May 2017

RDP recipients want mouldy, cracked houses fixed

Khayelitsha residents say badly built homes should be fixed and maintained by the state

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News | 30 May 2017

Home based carers want better work conditions

New Crossroads health workers fear victimisation for “speaking out”

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News | 30 May 2017

Rubbish dump is a hazard for some but a lifeline for others

“I know that the discarded food could be dangerous to the health of me and my child, but I don’t have an option.”

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News | 30 May 2017

Court “mustn’t feel sorry” for killer and artist Zwelethu Mthethwa

“In many cases the perpetrators are never found and the [victim] remains unidentified for some time”

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News | 29 May 2017

Nquthu residents explain why they gave ANC the boot

“We have suffered enough and we hope we won’t have to experience this again.”

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News | 26 May 2017

SA director pulls out of Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival

“It is impossible to look past the fact that the festival could serve as a diversion from the human rights violations being committed by the state of Israel”

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News | 26 May 2017

MPs and minister argue over social grants in Parliament

Bathabile Dlamini says government is “paying our people properly” because of the work done by Net1

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News | 26 May 2017

Picket targets minister as Parliament votes on social development budget

Protesters shout “Dlamini Must Fall”

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News | 25 May 2017

Dilapidated shack is a day care centre for children

Parents in Isilatsha Village near East London hope for a good Samaritan

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News | 25 May 2017

Students protest against rape culture

Rush hour traffic stopped on Nelson Mandela Bridge in Johannesburg

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News | 25 May 2017