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Barberton prisoners go on hunger strike

Sparked by backlog in parole applications

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News | 12 January 2018

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JHB neighbourhood demands police station

“Crime is too high and people are dying. We need our own police station.”

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News | 12 January 2018

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What national government is doing about Cape Town’s water crisis

Voëlvlei Dam has been sped up, amongst other measures. But is it enough?

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News | 12 January 2018

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PRASA management fails to show up at wage talks

Workers given permission to strike after PRASA misses conciliation meeting

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News | 11 January 2018

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PRASA appoints a CEO who is under investigation for corruption

UniteBehind demands removal of Mthuthuzeli Swartz, acting CEO of Rail

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News | 11 January 2018

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Motherwell creche burns down

Children left stranded at start of New Year

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News | 10 January 2018

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PRASA staff try to block state capture

Legal department concerned by Board decision to suspend Legal Panel

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News | 10 January 2018

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Police failed to protect us from mob justice, says Eastern Cape family

Man’s house burned down after he was accused of a stabbing which never took place

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News | 9 January 2018

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Setback for giant West Coast mine project

But Australian company has already begun clearing vegetation without permission

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News | 9 January 2018

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Sewage spill spoils children’s holidays

PE residents have been complaining to the municipality for months

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News | 9 January 2018

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Teenager shot with rubber bullet after land occupation

13-year-old shot in knee as residents’ shacks demolished

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News | 8 January 2018

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Police shut down immigrant shops

We use the shop to survive because we are both jobless, says shopkeeper

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News | 8 January 2018

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Fewer poor infants receive grants in Western Cape and Gauteng

12 million of 17.2 million social grants are for child support

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News | 15 December 2017

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Municipality spurns Addo residents’ call for upgrades

There are no public toilets and the roads are ridden with potholes

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News | 15 December 2017

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Forensic auditor’s recommendation on PRASA security company ignored

Unclear how such an obscure company won contracts worth R118 million from 2010 to 2016

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News | 15 December 2017

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Bottled water and the drought

We asked some major suppliers about pricing, storage, and recycling

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News | 15 December 2017