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Parliament must pass new land claims act within two years

Constitutional Court ruling opens the way for future claims

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News | 1 August 2016

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City snubs Khayelitsha meeting on toilets

"The truck meant to fetch the portaloos never comes"

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News | 1 August 2016

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Taxi industry shrugs off minimum wage

Department of Labour has set new wage standards but taxi operators say they will continue paying their drivers with commissions and targets

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News | 29 July 2016

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Recyclers say how their lives could be made easier

Waste pickers in Khayelitsha ask for designated landfills

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News | 29 July 2016

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Man accused of assault in Xolobeni is ANC election candidate

Named in affidavits, Nthethelelo Madikizela denies involvement in attack

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News | 29 July 2016

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Court action to force political parties to disclose their funding

My Vote Counts has approached the Western Cape High Court

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News | 28 July 2016

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Anger at huge price tag for life-saving medicine

Price of effective treatment for hepatitis C is over 600 times what it costs to produce

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News | 28 July 2016

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Study links wage increase to job losses on farms

But researchers cautious about findings

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News | 28 July 2016

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“Glitch” with invoice delays R34 million Bhisho memorial centre

Department of Public Works did not pay engineers

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News | 28 July 2016

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ANC supporters in court over attack on rival candidate

Tension boils over in Eastern Cape ward

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News | 27 July 2016

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Fire victims left without electricity for months

Residents in Masiphumelele wetlands have been without power since November 2015

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News | 27 July 2016

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No water, no tarred roads, no clinic, no schools: the forgotten community of eGoqweni

Residents haven’t seen their ward councillor since 2014

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News | 27 July 2016

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Homeless in city ask society to change its ways

Nearly 300 “street people” have put their names to a list of demands

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News | 27 July 2016

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Foreign shops looted in Mbekweni

Residents burn and loot shops after meeting fails to resolve land issue

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News | 26 July 2016

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Two years later, still no action on police assault

Witnesses yet to be interviewed

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News | 26 July 2016

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98-year-old can’t find room in an old age home

Man born in the same year as Nelson Mandela can't afford the fee

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News | 26 July 2016