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School sanitation: Ramaphosa accused of “pretending to care”

SA Human Rights Commission, Equal Education and SECTION27 respond to president’s SAFE initiative

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News | 15 August 2018

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Woodstock residents win right to challenge City of Cape Town on housing

Court rules that Bromwell Street residents facing eviction can challenge housing plan

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News | 15 August 2018

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Paramedics seen as soft targets by criminals on the Cape Flats

City has 16 “red zones” where ambulances need police escorts

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News | 15 August 2018

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Former mayor promised us houses, say Nyanga residents

Shack dwellers in Lotus Park emergency housing say they have been waiting since 2003

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News | 15 August 2018

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Farmers complain their cattle are being impounded

“The herd was our pride,” farmer says after Kouga municipality auctions off cattle

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News | 14 August 2018

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FEDUSA will go to court to get Gautrain financials

Two-week strike at Gautrain ends

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News | 13 August 2018

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East London residents demand illegal electricity connections be restored

Harry Gwala shack dwellers have been waiting for ten years to be formally electrified

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News | 13 August 2018

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Hout Bay protest turns violent after poaching death

Hangberg residents accuse law enforcement of shooting Durick van Blerk

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News | 12 August 2018

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Gay Congolese man’s harrowing journey to reach asylum in South Africa

But Saadi Ali Tokiti says he feels unsafe and unwanted in Cape Town

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News | 10 August 2018