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Minister promises to finalise District Six restitution plan in August

Two decades later, District Six claimants still have no idea when they’re going to receive restitution

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News | 17 May 2019

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These children have to step over electricity cables to get to school

“A time bomb waiting to explode”

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News | 17 May 2019

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Home Affairs asks UN for help with refugee backlog

Department has to process 150,000 appeals

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News | 16 May 2019

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Lottery admits it’s investigating projects it defended

Department of Trade and Industry ordered investigation, but Lottery spins a different story

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News | 16 May 2019

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Norris Phaswana was left to fend for his family at 15. Today he is a successful trader

“I am able to educate and provide food for my family from this business”

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News | 16 May 2019

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Informal settlements to be “made liveable”, Alexandra inquiry hears

Gauteng to provide services to land occupiers rather than evicting them

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News | 15 May 2019

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Hostel residents barricade Pietermaritzburg streets

Protest follows Tuesday’s march to city hall

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News | 15 May 2019

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KwaNobuhle residents demand their share of Uitenhage budget

Mayor promises 80% of capital spending will go to poor areas

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News | 15 May 2019

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City of Johannesburg can’t cope with Alexandra land occupations, inquiry told

“We do demolish but it is impossible to go there every day” says manager

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News | 14 May 2019