South Africa|Eastern Cape

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Children of immigrants face expulsion from Eastern Cape schools

“This decision will ruin our children" says woman from Somalia

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News | 9 May 2016

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Councillor blamed for East London housing protest

Promised housing development never happened

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News | 9 May 2016

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Dagga spraying: police ‘expert’ accused of bad science

Activists and doctors question ties to agrochemical firms

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Feature | 5 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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“My school looks like a place for cows”

Eastern Cape students march on Bhisho

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News | 25 April 2016

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Quest for water in an Eastern Cape village

In March I visited a village in Pondoland in the Eastern Cape for two weeks as part of GroundUp's investigation into the province's dagga trade.

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Photo Essay | 22 April 2016

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Buffalo City workers block roads with burning tyres

Samwu demands a R2,000 wage increase

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News | 22 April 2016

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Protesters arrested at Rhodes University

List of alleged rapists at centre of conflict

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News | 20 April 2016

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Battle to stop dagga spraying

Activists take steps to prevent Saps helicopters destroying marijuana crops

Text by Kimon de Greef. Photos by Masixole Feni.

Feature | 20 April 2016

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Burned bodies of murder accused found in Motherwell

Grisly find on way to school

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News | 20 April 2016

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“Our school of snakes and criminals”

At Vukile Tshwete high school, students study in fear

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News | 18 April 2016

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Bleak future for Eastern Cape descendants of Karretjie people

They want better services, but municipality says they must move first

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Feature | 14 April 2016

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At last, police are taking Xolobeni violence seriously, says activist

Amadiba Crisis Committee secretary “happy with progress”

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News | 11 April 2016