South Africa|Eastern Cape|Gqeberha

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Port Elizabeth’s ward 26: an ANC divided

While the ruling party is unlikely to lose this ward on Wednesday, it showcases its problems in the city

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Feature | 30 July 2016

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A look at Port Elizabeth’s most closely contested ward

Ward 38's community lives on the edge of a wasteland

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Feature | 25 July 2016

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Angry parents close primary school

Far too few teachers for number of students

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News | 25 July 2016

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Zimbabwean told Road Accident Fund doesn’t help foreigners

But the Fund says its employees are meant to treat everyone equally

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News | 14 July 2016

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Residents of Qunu informal settlement protest on margin of ANC rally

“I have seven years of moving around Port Elizabeth as a squatter"

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News | 13 July 2016

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Students shutdown PE university, accusing administration of breaking agreement

Sasco vows to continue until university agrees to its demands

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News | 11 July 2016

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Please don’t kill us, say people with albinism

"Our bodies do not cure anything"

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Brief | 7 July 2016

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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