South Africa|Gauteng|Johannesburg

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Community tries crowd funding to get toilets

With a week till deadline on Thundafund, not a cent has been raised

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News | 13 March 2018

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Investigation of killed foreign student is ā€œtest for Bheki Celeā€

Dozens protest outside University of Johannesburg residence

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News | 5 March 2018

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Black Sash back to Constitutional Court over social grants

Organisation wants data protection for grant beneficiaries and a moratorium on issuing Easy Pay Everywhere cards

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Brief | 5 March 2018

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Police target immigrant sex workers in Gauteng

We are only following orders from Home Affairs, say police

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News | 12 February 2018

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Home Affairs has backlog of 140,000 refugee status appeals

Official admits to rampant corruption at refugee centres

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News | 9 February 2018

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Rubbish piles up as workers protest

Angry former employees block garbage collection in Gauteng

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News | 7 February 2018

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Bathabile Dlamini ā€˜deliberatelyā€™ excluded special advisor from grants process

Minister gave clear instruction that the SASSA executive should not interfere

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News | 2 February 2018

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Wits university and unions reach wage deal

Strike suspended after a week

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Brief | 31 January 2018

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Wits and workers at impasse over minimum wages

Workers also oppose universityā€™s approach to performance incentives

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Brief | 30 January 2018

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Prison inmates go 20 hours between meals

Court case throws light on conditions at ā€œSun Cityā€

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News | 30 January 2018

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Wits and unions fail to reach wage agreement

Union leader calls for campus to be made ungovernable on Tuesday

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News | 29 January 2018

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Dlamini accused of ā€œparallel decision makingā€

Despite apologising, Dlamini continued to do it, testifies Thokozani Magwaza

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News | 27 January 2018

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Dlamini defends her decision to ignore legal advice

She was advised in October 2016 to inform the Constitutional Court urgently that SASSA was not ready to take over the social grant payment system

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News | 25 January 2018

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Dlamini blames Magwaza at SASSA hearing

Judge scolds Minister of Social Development for evasive answers

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News | 25 January 2018

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ā€œIt is me who must fix the policeā€ says Mbalula

Mogale City: police minister promises quick action against drug dealers and corrupt cops

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News | 24 January 2018

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Soweto learners protest stateā€™s failure to fix school

ā€œWe love this school very much. Itā€™s one of the best. But we are worried for our kids.ā€

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News | 20 January 2018