South Africa|Gauteng

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Eskom warns that residents who “bridge” electricity will remain in the dark

Tsakane residents without electricity for two weeks block roads in protest

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News | 19 June 2020

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Private schools must give fair hearings before kicking children out, rules Concourt

Supreme Court of Appeal decision overturned

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Law | 17 June 2020

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United Civil Society in Action sues GroundUp and the National Lotteries Commission

Case brought after GroundUp exposed dodgy grants and looting of funds

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News | 17 June 2020

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Teenagers sell fruit and vegetables to help family make ends meet

“Our mother has taught us to work extra hard because we are immigrants”

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News | 17 June 2020

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Motshekga taken to court for “backtracked” promise to reinstate feeding programme

In some households it’s a choice between buying food or the data needed to study online

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Law | 14 June 2020

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Residents of Kliptown, where the Freedom Charter was signed, still don’t have decent toilets

“What government is saying about hygiene is an insult to us”

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News | 9 June 2020

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Zoom can be used to negotiate retrenchments

The Johannesburg labour court has ruled that labour negotiations can take place using video conferencing facilities

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Law | 5 June 2020

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“We are not evicting the residents, we are relocating them” says councillor

Human rights lawyer condemns “forceful and unlawful” evictions by SANDF

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News | 5 June 2020

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“A bridge for my sweetheart”

Amos Khumalo built a footbridge for his community in Soweto

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News | 5 June 2020