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Vigilante violence leaves Malawian family homeless

“The police do nothing so the people have decided to mobilise and handle the matter themselves”

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News | 13 February 2017

Maggots in baby’s mouth as uncollected garbage piles up

A dispute over refuse removal services in early December has left the informal settlement of Europe near Nyanga with growing mounds of rubbish

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News | 13 February 2017

Marikana lawyer calls for state to expropriate land

SAPS lawyer says it isn’t possible to arrest the informal settlement’s 60,000 residents

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News | 12 February 2017

Soweto man in court for trespassing in his own home

Solomon Nhlapo’s house was auctioned for R100 by Nedbank in 2014

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News | 10 February 2017

Life Esidimeni scandal raises questions about public-private partnerships

These partnerships will be critical if National Health Insurance is implemented

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News | 10 February 2017

Cape Town rapper Jitsvinger to tour Netherlands

South African Road Trip: Celebrating Life uses music, dance, poetry and video to show the diversity of life in the Cape

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News | 10 February 2017

Marikana case: Home owner in informal settlement asks City to buy her property

“She went from being a property owner to living at the middle of an informal settlement. … This is her primary residence.”

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News | 9 February 2017

Mining company fights Northern Cape community over asbestos

Kumba Iron Ore takes Dingleton residents to court

Text by Ashleigh Furlong. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.

News | 9 February 2017

Landmark Marikana case begins: 60,000 people’s homes at stake

City asked to buy or expropriate land occupied in Philippi East

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News | 8 February 2017