South Africa

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Speed up affordable housing policy, say Cape Town councillors

Motion passed on Monday is a small, symbolic but important moment in the struggle for spatial justice, say housing activists

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News | 18 June 2018

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Food delivery men say they’re exploited

UberEats, MrD Food and OrderIn pay from R15 a delivery

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News | 18 June 2018

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Residents of Durban transit camp evicted to make way for other evictees

Community members say they will challenge removals in court

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News | 18 June 2018

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PE municipal employees on strike

Workers demand back pay, but City says it doesn’t have the money

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Brief | 18 June 2018

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Western Cape government explains how it deals with sexual misconduct in schools

Principal criticises gaps between policy and practice

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News | 15 June 2018

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Court rules that religion cannot be used as a defence for anti-gay hate speech

An explanation of the Equality Court’s ruling against against Pastor Oscar Bougaardt

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Law | 15 June 2018

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IN PHOTOS: Capetonians observe Ramadan

Muslim community end each day’s fast with prayer and delicious food

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Photo Essay | 15 June 2018

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Inquiry hears why violence broke out at Charlotte Maxeke Hospital

Department says it has no money to pay workers’ performance bonuses

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News | 15 June 2018

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We can’t house everyone, says Bonginkosi Madikizela

Housing backlog exceeds 575,000, but only 18,000 houses can be completed annually

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Brief | 15 June 2018

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Informal settlements flooded by heavy rains

Residents prepare for more storms

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Photo Essay | 14 June 2018

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Thousands of workers protest against Eskom’s 0% pay rise

Unions stage lunchtime picket outside Megawatt Park to demand wage increases

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News | 14 June 2018

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SASSA now open on Saturdays and Sundays

Social grant recipients asked lots of questions at an information event. Here are some of the answers

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News | 14 June 2018

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18-year-old informal miner mourns his dead friend

It’s hard to go underground, but life must go on, says Tawanda

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Feature | 14 June 2018

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Using municipal land for bowling greens during a housing crisis is unjust

Fish Hoek has enough space to build affordable housing

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Opinion | 14 June 2018

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What are the limits of our right to know? An apartheid-era crookery case will provide the answer

The South African History Archive is still trying to get information from the Reserve Bank on Vito Palazzolo, Johann Blaauw and Robert Oliver Hill

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News | 14 June 2018

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Criminals prey on Vastrap’s disabled residents

20 Port Elizabeth families have been living in containers for four years

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News | 14 June 2018