City of Cape Town refuses to say how many shacks were demolished at the weekend

Zweledinga informal settlement in Khayelitsha destroyed

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News | 21 January 2020

Three months after they move in, family’s RDP house burns down

Fire in Wallacedene destroys 85 homes

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Brief | 20 January 2020

Experts lukewarm on exams in isiXhosa and Sesotho

Support for policy but concerns with implementation

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News | 20 January 2020

Home Affairs blocked my ID, says Free State man

Nathi Lepelesana used his ID to vote in SA elections. Now he’s been told he’s a Lesotho citizen

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News | 20 January 2020

Court decision is major victory for Eastern Cape learners

Makhanda High Court declares new school admission policy unconstitutional

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Law | 20 January 2020

Money from Lottery goes to cousin of National Lotteries Commission boss

Only a fraction of the R11 million grant appears to have gone to its intended purpose

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Feature | 20 January 2020

Domestic workers fight for national minimum wage

“We buy in the same shops, so we must be treated like all workers”

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News | 17 January 2020

SA’s new refugee regulations could have been drafted by Trump, says activist

Ban on political activity is “illegal, unconstitutional and contrary to the UN convention on refugees”

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Law | 17 January 2020

Fed-up after 20 years on a waiting list, gogo builds her own house

Gloria Matebe collected the wood to build her new home from a nearby dumpsite

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News | 17 January 2020

Bonnytoun residents ignored by City of Cape Town

“We will not protest and destroy infrastructure like other communities do, but we are asking the City to do their work.”

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Brief | 17 January 2020

Woodstock pensioner fights her eviction

Landlord pushed up rent by 37%

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News | 16 January 2020

Lawyers dump PRASA after failure to pay R19 million

This means the agency has no lawyers in disputes, some of them imminent, involving billions of rands

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News | 16 January 2020

Former municipal workers fight labour broker issue

Ekurhuleni case heard in Labour Court

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News | 16 January 2020

Talks deadlock as PE bus strike enters fourth week

Workers want to be employed directly by the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality

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Brief | 16 January 2020

Good news for 70 pensioners who track down R650,000 in unclaimed pensions

“This may seem small compared to the billions of unclaimed assets, but it is always nice to see a direct impact”

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News | 16 January 2020