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More train stations vandalised after jobs threatened

At least five train stations and substations in Gauteng have been hit by vandalism, theft and burning in the past week

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News | 22 November 2019

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Land activists march through Sea Point ahead of court case

Tafelberg property to be sold to a private school developer, but Reclaim the City want it for affordable housing

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News | 22 November 2019

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The grim life of a Philippi farm worker

But farmers say they too are struggling

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News | 22 November 2019

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“We do not have streets, but during elections you will find big black cars driving between our shacks”

Mdantsane shackdwellers’ fight for toilets and housing

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News | 22 November 2019

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Nelson Mandela Bay is drowning in rubbish

Garbage piling up in spite of clean-up programme

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News | 22 November 2019

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Picket at Saldanha Steel over plant closure

“Despite what the company says, we will not give up”

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News | 21 November 2019

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RDP housing is at a snail’s pace in Eastern Cape

Construction companies blame government budget constraints

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News | 21 November 2019

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Thieves steal children’s musical instruments from Khayelitsha school

Trumpets, saxophones, trombones and keyboards taken from a container store

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News | 21 November 2019

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Dispute over electrification in Tembisa

Land occupiers say they are being excluded from the project

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News | 21 November 2019

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Social Development asks for extension to clear foster care grant backlog

The battle to resolve the huge backlog dates back to 2011

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News | 20 November 2019

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Eleventh-hour delay in court case involving King Goodwill Zwelithini

Zulu royal land trust is accused of “extorting” millions from rural residents

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News | 20 November 2019

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Constitutional Court rejects coal mining company’s attempt to appeal

High Court judgment blocking proposed mining stands – but the saga isn’t over

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News | 20 November 2019

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Bethelsdorp residents tell police station commander his cops work with gangs

Station commander says he knows of the policemen who are friends with gangsters and are dealing in drugs and tik

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News | 20 November 2019

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High Court orders PRASA to create safety plan for railway security

Safety of railway commuters put at risk by PRASA terminating contracts

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News | 19 November 2019

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The difficult life of Marikana sex workers

Working on an open plot, the women are often raped or robbed

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News | 18 November 2019

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Greenmarket Square traders ask government to address refugee situation

Some traders on the square have closed up shop because their business has been disrupted

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News | 15 November 2019