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Police and MPs blame immigrants, unemployment, gangs, and each other for crime

Much grandstanding, little substance in Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Police hearing

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News | 30 October 2018

Gogos pay to queue for pensions

Social grant beneficiaries pay R10 to R20 to get a space outside the Pietermaritzburg post office

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News | 30 October 2018

Twitter abuse continues in Mabola Coal Mine saga

Atha-Africa senior executive continues to troll Centre for Environmental Rights

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News | 29 October 2018

Lonmin says it is a victim of vexatious litigation

The Mining Forum has applied for the company’s mining license to be suspended

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News | 29 October 2018

Court blocks activist event in Woodstock

City of Cape Town brought an urgent application against Reclaim the City

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News | 27 October 2018

Over 800 people homeless after Vrygrond fire

309 homes destroyed in Overcome Heights informal settlement

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News | 26 October 2018

Major precedent set for communities affected by mining

Constitutional Court judge quotes Fanon: to “strip someone of their source of livelihood, then you strip them of their dignity too”

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News | 26 October 2018

“I fell into a pit of mud and human waste”

Pit toilets finally repaired at Eastern Cape school where caretaker nearly drowned

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News | 26 October 2018

Villagers waiting 20 years for basic services

Upper Xhwili near Mthatha has no electricity, piped clean water or decent roads

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News | 26 October 2018

Transgender discrimination is worse if you are poor

Hormone therapy and surgery are expensive and out of reach for many transpeople

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News | 26 October 2018

Cape Town City Council delays decision on social housing project

“The decision today is unjustifiable. Council is a total and utter shambles,” says housing activist

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News | 25 October 2018

Bid to have Lonmin’s mining licence suspended

Mining Forum heads to court over Social and Labour Plan

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News | 24 October 2018

R162-million housing project incomplete after over a decade

“The conditions are shocking. As the government we are ashamed,” says KZN Premier

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News | 24 October 2018

Joburg’s Golden Highway barricaded in housing protest

Freedom Park residents demand land

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News | 23 October 2018

Five bus drivers arrested as MyCiTi strike heats up

Workers defied court order, says Brett Herron

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News | 23 October 2018