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Families distressed by police raid at Cissie Gool House just days after fire

Just two arrests for drug possession, five arrested for immigration offences

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News | 2 February 2022

Chief Justice candidates: Judge Madlanga wants to speed up judgments

Constitutional Court takes too long, he tells Judicial Services Commission

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News | 1 February 2022

Vavi vows to “scale up the fight” against Clover

This follows yet another breakdown in negotiations

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News | 1 February 2022

Boat club questions City of Cape Town water quality tests

Independent tests of Rietvlei water contradict City’s results

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News | 1 February 2022

Reclaimers in trouble with Tshwane metro over recycling site

City in talks with reclaimers’ forums over finding a designated space for reclaimers to work

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News | 1 February 2022

Anti-vax employees can be suspended, says CCMA in second ruling

Commission finds employee’s defence “baseless and without any support, theological or scientific”

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News | 31 January 2022

In this township parents wear gumboots and carry their children through the sewage

Residents of Valencia in Addo say promises made in 2017 to fix the system were not kept

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News | 31 January 2022

Eastern Cape villagers rally to build temporary bridge to access services

Bridge built by a government contractor collapsed during heavy rains less than a month after it was constructed

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News | 31 January 2022

There are signs of hope amid Metrorail’s decay

On a trip arranged for journalists I saw that Philippi station has been ransacked - but the new trains are fantastic

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News | 28 January 2022

Swift response contains fire at Cissie Gool House

Community applauds City firefighters, and calls for food, water and blankets following fire at old Woodstock Hospital

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News | 28 January 2022

Tenants’ long wait for home ownership comes to an end this year

City of Cape Town promises to scrap tenants’ debt to help with sale process

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News | 28 January 2022

Striking Clover workers march through Sandton and picket at Israeli trade office

Police are investigating the death of a security guard during the strike

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News | 27 January 2022

Hundreds of people conned out of R800 in jobs-for-cash scam

Police claim to be investigating but complaint was lodged over a month ago

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News | 27 January 2022

100 people, two ruined toilets, and “no-one cares”

Diepsloot residents say they’ve lost hope

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News | 27 January 2022

Families still without water as second pipe bursts in Cape Town township

Residents of New Beginning have to beg for water from neighbouring Bardale

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News | 26 January 2022

Activists lobby President to make Covid grant permanent

Following a meeting with organisations last week, the presidency acknowledged the impact the grant has had in reducing poverty and hunger

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News | 26 January 2022