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Woodstock families face eviction

Tenants accuse landlord of neglecting property

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News | 15 May 2017

Prison confiscates study materials of inmate legal eagle

This follows GroundUp’s story on how he took legal action on behalf of a prisoner with brain cancer

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News | 12 May 2017

Parents defend school from protesters

“We are fighting for development but we don’t want our infrastructure to be demolished by those with criminal intentions.”

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News | 11 May 2017

What does it take to get the Eastern Cape Department of Education to fix a school?

Nearly three years later, a school damaged in a storm remains broken

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News | 11 May 2017

Protests spread across southern Johannesburg

“We can’t be sharing a space with our grandparents and parents”

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News | 10 May 2017

SASSA says it’s on track to take over payment of social grants in 2018

Agency will appeal Gauteng High Court judgment in favour of Net1

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News | 10 May 2017

Campaign to disinvest in fossil fuels kicks off in Cape Town

City praised for its climate change policies

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News | 10 May 2017

Lower Crossroads residents trapped indoors by foul smell from drains

“We cannot open our doors and windows because the smell is too much”

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News | 10 May 2017

Angry Gugulethu residents close down school

Protest against upgrade of informal settlement

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News | 9 May 2017

UCT catering staff protest

Workers say some conditions are worse than before they came onto UCT payroll

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News | 9 May 2017

Prisoner fights in court for fellow inmate with brain cancer

Court orders Mike Phahlamohlaka must be considered for medical parole

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News | 9 May 2017

Labour department can’t protect workers

One inspector for every 120,000 people

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News | 9 May 2017

Masiphumelele residents show Public Protector how they live

“We stay in a pigsty”

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News | 8 May 2017

Controversial Australian company applies for extension to mining rights

New mining area would include ten beaches on the West Coast

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News | 8 May 2017

Gauteng learners demand replacement of asbestos buildings

29 schools constructed of asbestos were supposed to be fixed by November 2016

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News | 5 May 2017

Prisoners go on hunger strike over parole dispute

“We trust that you will realise the implications that might be triggered by your ignorance of this memorandum”

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News | 5 May 2017