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Medical lawsuits threaten to derail the health system

South African hospitals need drastic reform to avoid disaster

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News | 8 November 2016

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Toilet breakdown in Masiphumelele

“It's like my house is a toilet” says resident

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News | 8 November 2016

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Spar store closed by protest

Owner says the issues are under arbitration and cannot comment

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News | 7 November 2016

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South Africa attempts to stop the work of UN gay rights watchdog

LGBTI activists alarmed and disappointed

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News | 7 November 2016

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UCT and protesters reach agreement

Shackville TRC group undertakes not to disrupt exams, while university grants clemency

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News | 7 November 2016

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University students help rural learners stay in school

DUT students deliver sanitary pads

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News | 7 November 2016

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Bridges For Music under construction

Building has commenced on a music academy in Langa

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News | 4 November 2016

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Man with epilepsy nurses family

Both his aunt and stepfather have cancer

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News | 3 November 2016

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Masiphumelele mother’s struggle to find school for deaf son

Her story highlights the problems faced by children with disabilities and their parents 

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News | 3 November 2016

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“Don’t just sit at home any longer” urges protester against state capture

Hundreds march from St George's Cathedral to NPA in Cape Town

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News | 2 November 2016

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Rare facility for kids with special needs

Parents and caregivers have been running their own facility in East London for ten years

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News | 2 November 2016

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SA students in UK call for government intervention in university crisis

“We hope that the statement will be taken to the South African government, President and Minister of Higher Education.”

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News | 1 November 2016

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“Arrest Zuma” demand protesters

Cape Town groups march against state capture

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News | 1 November 2016

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Poorly built municipal housing project may face demolition

Beneficiaries fear the double-storey dwellings will collapse on them

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News | 1 November 2016

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Stabbed on his way to the toilet, Khayelitsha man is now in a wheelchair

Sinethemba Mfaca spends his days trapped in his one-roomed shack

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News | 1 November 2016

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Khayelitsha residents relieve themselves next to N2 highway

Communal toilets blocked for months

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News | 31 October 2016