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Workers march to premier’s office demanding better working conditions

The working class are the main voters and we are giving government a warning, says COSATU chairperson

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News | 23 November 2018

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Durban teen desperate for passport to get to Special Olympics

Her soccer team will be among over 50 athletes representing South Africa in the UAE

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News | 23 November 2018

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Call for dam to be fenced after child drowns

Open dams in Cofimvaba have claimed several lives

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News | 23 November 2018

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“Mr Plato, we live in complete squalor”

Residents of Cape Town’s informal settlements march for the right to water and sanitation

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News | 22 November 2018

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Khayelitsha shack dwellers move onto vacant land to keep out “thugs”

Residents say fires which destroyed their homes started on the vacant land

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News | 22 November 2018

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Nepotism in Eastern Cape municipality to be probed

Investigation follows weeks of protests in Stutterheim

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News | 22 November 2018

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Residents oppose Conradie Hospital housing plan

The site, which has stood empty for 16 years, is a battleground over the future of state subsidised housing in Cape Town

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News | 22 November 2018

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No services - but it’s better than a backyard, say shack dwellers

“It was a constant struggle to pay rent”

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News | 22 November 2018

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Support for men accused of vigilante murder in Lusikisiki

“We are waging a war on crime”

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News | 22 November 2018

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Struggle to rebuild after fire destroys Khayelitsha children’s home

SAPS says an arrest has been made and an arson investigation is underway

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News | 21 November 2018

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Cape Town Civic Centre locked down during MyCiTi protest

City says it cannot insource aggrieved employees

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News | 21 November 2018

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Only one in four children lives with both parents

Child Gauge report says 65% of children live in poverty

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News | 21 November 2018

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Joburg’s informal traders want better spaces

New association formed to lobby for improved conditions

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News | 21 November 2018

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Inside the Pietermaritzburg mortuary where workers are on a go-slow

GroundUp found corpses piled up and decomposing

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News | 20 November 2018

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10 taps for 1,000 families in Wallacedene

Broken drains, blocked toilets, filthy water in the streets

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News | 20 November 2018

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Abahlali activist claims he was left out of electricity project as punishment

But municipality says project can’t be completed because area is not safe

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News | 20 November 2018