South Africa|Gauteng

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Concourt judgment affirms right to protest without permission

Ten Social Justice Coalition members who chained themselves to Cape Town civic centre will not have criminal records

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Law | 19 November 2018

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In Johannesburg you have to pay to picket. Activists have had enough

Right2Know leads march against municipalityā€™s protest fees

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News | 17 November 2018

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Victory for workers at Dis-Chem

Employees who had been working through a labour broker to become permanent

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News | 15 November 2018

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Army has still not complied with court order, say Marievale families

Families evicted from military base say they are being harassed by soldiers

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News | 14 November 2018

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Six years later Constitutional Court orders Woolies to reinstate retrenched workers

Woolworths should have considered alternatives, says countryā€™s highest court

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Law | 12 November 2018

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Corruption Watch announces project to hold police accountable

New website will allow people to report police corruption

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Brief | 8 November 2018

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Rwandan man faces death if he is deported from South Africa

The Constitutional Court is deciding if Alex Ruta can seek asylum

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Law | 2 November 2018

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Heineken strike leaders fear dismissal

Brewery workers want better conditions and to be insourced

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News | 1 November 2018

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Former Ekurhuleni workers demand mayor make good on his promise of jobs

The group protested as a motion of no confidence in Mayor Mzwandile Masina was being debated

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Brief | 26 October 2018

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Major precedent set for communities affected by mining

Constitutional Court judge quotes Fanon: to ā€œstrip someone of their source of livelihood, then you strip them of their dignity tooā€

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News | 26 October 2018

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Joburgā€™s Golden Highway barricaded in housing protest

Freedom Park residents demand land

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News | 23 October 2018

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State loses bid to postpone coal mining hearing

Court dismisses application with punitive costs

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News | 18 October 2018

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Tension in Hillbrow after residents attack drug dealers

Drug dealers and users have moved one block further away from where they were

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News | 15 October 2018

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Court challenge to coal mine

Case is significant for future of South Africaā€™s protected areas

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News | 15 October 2018

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Shangaan shop owners chased out of Duduza

South Africans not spared in latest xenophobic violence

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News | 13 October 2018

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No land, no vote, say residents of Freedom Park

ā€œAs old as l am, l do not have a house. If l die today my children will not have a home.ā€

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Brief | 9 October 2018