Hope for solar geyser company dependent on government contracts

But workers haven’t been paid for months and are upset by the company’s labour practices

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News | 28 June 2018

Charges dismissed against three men accused of murdering Zanele Sandlana

Magistrate’s decision greeted with tears by protesters

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News | 27 June 2018

Rubber bullets fired at EFF-led Brakpan land occupiers

300 shacks demolished but occupiers say they are not leaving

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News | 27 June 2018

Protesters accuse ANC of job favouritism and shut down construction site

Residents of KwaNobuhle demand repairs to their RDP homes

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Brief | 27 June 2018

Understanding the My Vote Counts judgment

Within the next 18 months South Africans are likely to find out who funds which political parties

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Law | 27 June 2018

Can subsidised rentals help solve the housing crisis?

It’s an idea whose time has come but it is not a cure-all

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GroundView | 27 June 2018

De Lille and protesters in tense stand-off

Vrygrond residents furious that the mayor addressed media before them, while she accused the community’s leadership of rejecting all the City’s proposals

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News | 26 June 2018

Officials don’t understand how much I struggle to survive, says land occupier

Shacks demolished on state-owned land in Khayelitsha

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News | 26 June 2018

Lesbian murder trial to start in Strand

Activists are demanding that the state explain why the accused is not in jail

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Brief | 26 June 2018

Battle for Bo-Kaap’s future

Residents are protesting against gentrification but a heritage consultant is sceptical of “nostalgia of an imagined past”

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Feature | 26 June 2018

Mthatha commuters want central taxi rank re-opened

Ranks were closed at the end of April following scores of deaths linked to taxi violence

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Brief | 26 June 2018

HIV treatment programme doing well but long way to go

About 60% of South Africans with HIV have started antiretrovirals

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Science | 26 June 2018

Roads ridden with potholes in Duncan Village, say residents

The municipality says it has budgeted to fix some of the roads in the township this year.

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Brief | 25 June 2018

Unsuspecting SASSA beneficiary duped into getting green EasyPay card

Beneficiary claims he was told green card operates the same way as the official SASSA card.

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News | 25 June 2018

“This area is used as a dumpsite” says Mandela Park resident

Residents accuse the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality of neglecting their informal settlement. They believe politicians only visit the area to garner votes.

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News | 25 June 2018

Grahamstown’s water problems are under control

It is going to be a fantastic festival

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Right to reply | 24 June 2018