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Security guard wage negotiations deadlocked

Unions reject offer of 5% increase

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News | 4 October 2019

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New social grant system hurts the elderly, study finds

Long queues, no toilets: the closure of the old paypoints leaves pensioners in the lurch

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News | 4 October 2019

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Wheelchair user Nonkululeko Dziweni has to wait for two people to take her to the toilet in a mall one kilometre away

Buffalo City mayor hears Mdantsane residents’ complaints

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News | 4 October 2019

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Rats still live in Kanana’s filthy ditches

30-year-old settlement is still a mess

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News | 4 October 2019

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Occupiers of old age home prepare for another night outside

No court rulings yet on their fate

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News | 3 October 2019

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Threat of drought looms over Queenstown

Some residents are already only getting water for an hour a day

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News | 3 October 2019

Residents spend the night outside Arcadia Place in Observatory after being evicted.

Old age home occupiers evicted

Residents spend the night on the street in Observatory

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News | 3 October 2019

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Groote Schuur unveils new cancer machine that can treat 40 patients a day

The hospital treats 3,000 new oncology patients a year

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News | 3 October 2019

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Customer assaults pregnant Shoprite cashier

Video footage shows man hitting eight-months-pregnant Zimkhitha Xhalabile

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News | 2 October 2019