South Africa|Eastern Cape|Gqeberha

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Immigrant traders threatened in Port Elizabeth

Police accused of xenophobia

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News | 4 July 2016

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Rubbish piles up in PE

Residents, municipality play the blame game

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Brief | 28 June 2016

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Colchester residents demand return of land

Protesters block Addo Elephant National Park entrance

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News | 22 June 2016

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Carnival to commemorate 1976 aims to keep youth off drugs

But young people say they know little about the Soweto uprising

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Brief | 17 June 2016

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Disabled woman lives in a cardboard shack on a filthy hill

Poverty haunts Centerton, on the edge of the citrus town of Hankey

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News | 7 June 2016

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Aspen goes to court to stop strike

Union describes many grievances

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Brief | 23 May 2016

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Bucket system must go, say PE protesters

Missionvale residents take to the streets demanding water, sanitation and jobs

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News | 19 May 2016

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Soccer tournament brings together Africans from all over the continent

Mini “Afcon” breaks down barriers, say players

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News | 17 May 2016

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Once proud PE school is crumbling

Overcrowding blamed for plummeting pass rate

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News | 4 May 2016

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Panayiotou murder case brings out rival picketers

Groups of women picket in solidarity with women victims; others support the accused

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News | 3 May 2016

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Some Motherwell residents boycott Freedom Day celebrations

Shack and backyard dwellers choose rather to protest over housing

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News | 28 April 2016

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Motherwell brothers use art to stop illegal dump site

Rubbish dump paintings lead to fame for Port Elizabeth pair

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News | 28 April 2016

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No water, no toilets, no houses, no plan: Endlovini residents are “just desperate”

Officials only pay attention to us at election time, they say

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News | 5 April 2016

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PE residents protest at delays in handing over houses

Construction company blames municipality

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News | 31 March 2016

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PE refugee centre remains closed in defiance of court order

Applications from new asylum seekers should have been accepted from 9 February

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News | 19 February 2016

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PE school shutdown suspended

Parents set deadline for provincial education department

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News | 11 February 2016