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No security at Home Affairs

Foreshore office even more chaotic than usual

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News | 25 May 2018

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More security for Cape Town’s trains in “two to three months” says City

The plan must prioritise commuter safety, says #FixOurTrains campaign

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News | 24 May 2018

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Another Abahlali activist shot dead

S’fiso Ngcobo shot seven times at his home

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News | 23 May 2018

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Parkwood erupts in protest after shack demolitions

“How must we sleep now? On glass, on sand, on bricks, on garbage? They took everything from us.”

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News | 23 May 2018

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“We had no thermometer in the whole clinic”

Nurses at East London clinic say they are battling

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News | 23 May 2018

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Minister attempts to reassure Parkwood backyarders

“So what do we do now? Do we take down the structures that are already up? If we do, where will we go?” asks land occupier

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News | 23 May 2018

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Western Cape teacher on trial for sex crime was allowed to continue teaching

But MEC Debbie Schäfer demanded Equal Education stop all school activities after sexual misconduct allegations unrelated to learners

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News | 22 May 2018

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School even had its burglar bars stolen

Parents close Empumalanga Primary in protest as school is stripped by thieves

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News | 22 May 2018

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“We’re not asking for a place like Marina Da Gama” says Vrygrond protester

Running battles over land occupation continue

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News | 21 May 2018

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Maynard Street residents snubbed by mayoral committee members

“They are running away from accountability to the electorate” says community spokesperson

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News | 21 May 2018

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Minister suspends Equal Education programmes

Debbie Schäfer cites sexual misconduct allegations against some of the social movement’s leaders

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News | 21 May 2018

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Workers battle to get UIF paid out

Two junior riggers at Tentickle Hiring Services (PTY) Ltd have tried since October to get their unemployment benefit

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News | 21 May 2018

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Protest over police handling of lesbian murder

Gender and gay rights organisations march to Delft police station

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News | 21 May 2018

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Patricia de Lille proposes affordable housing in Cape Town’s tallest skyscraper

Some units in the Zero2One building will be for households that earn up to R15k per month

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News | 20 May 2018

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Hopes raised that Zwelihle residents will get Schulphoek land

SAHRC commissioner says “breakthrough” over land for more housing; but protests have not stopped

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News | 18 May 2018

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Rubbish piles up in Harare

Ivory Park residents complain of poor city services

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News | 18 May 2018