South Africa

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South Africa lacks statistics on gender

Public access to data crucial to address sex and gender based crime

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Opinion | 1 March 2017

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Land reform favours businesses, not the poor, say researchers

Eastern Cape study suggests system provides “little or no tenure security” for intended beneficiaries

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News | 1 March 2017

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Angry residents stone fire engines for “being late”

Phumani Village residents say firefighters arrived after the community already had control of the blaze

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Brief | 1 March 2017

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SASSA’s last-ditch Constitutional Court bid

Agency asks Court to allow extension of Net1 grants payment contract

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News | 28 February 2017

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No learning at Mseki Primary School until department answers demands

If this is what it takes to get equal and better education, so be it – parent

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Brief | 28 February 2017

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Last-minute contract may cost SASSA 30% more

Black Sash asks Constitutional Court to take back oversight of grant payments

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News | 28 February 2017

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Young leaders call on president to take action against xenophobia

Open letter to President Jacob Zuma and Minister Malusi Gigaba

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Opinion | 28 February 2017

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Thousands of furniture workers closer to being paid

Payout approved but still plenty of red tape

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Brief | 28 February 2017

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SASSA beneficiaries coerced into “green” cards to get loans

Grant recipients told by SMS to move to EasyPay Everywhere card

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News | 28 February 2017

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School withdraws xenophobic letter

“If any foreign child arrives here on Monday we will phone the police …” - Eastleigh Primary letter to parents

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Brief | 27 February 2017

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Asylum seeker paid R1,500 for fake documents

Home Affairs warns against “unscrupulous” scammers operating outside its reception centre in Pretoria

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News | 27 February 2017

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“We are packed like sardines” say protesters at Gugulethu school

Parents and schoolchildren join teachers’ protest against overcrowding and unpaid salaries at Mseki Primary

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Brief | 27 February 2017

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Grandma under siege by garbage

80-year-old endures ten years of unbearable smells, flies and rubbish

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News | 27 February 2017

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Will mining company be held accountable for damage to West Coast?

Here is what the judge in the Tormin case has to consider

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Analysis | 26 February 2017

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Russian nuclear deal places massive liability on South Africans

The country would be liable for any accident transporting nuclear material from Vladivostok to Qatar for instance

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Law | 24 February 2017

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Donkeys smuggled from SA to China for medicine

North West government to start donkey production programme

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News | 24 February 2017