Government

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Lack of parliamentary oversight in Western Cape property deals

“Rubber-stamping exercise” says Provincial Property Committee member

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News | 12 December 2016

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Meat disappears with police in East London

Police are clamping down on meat hawkers who have been operating for years, but "don't have a clue" what happens to meat they confiscate 

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News | 9 December 2016

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Free State’s R380 million ghost hospital

Albert Nzula Hospital stands almost empty after two years

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Feature | 6 December 2016

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Court victory for Pollsmoor prisoners

“How do human beings live in a detention facility while there are rats?” asks judge

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News | 5 December 2016

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Ekapa and zama-zamas fight over mining rights

Will Department of Mineral Resources use the opportunity to regulate small-miners?

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Law | 5 December 2016

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92-year-old pensioner abandoned by family and social workers

"I’m just an old orphan without anyone"

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News | 1 December 2016

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Motshekga misses the deadline for Vukile Tshwete High

School infrastructure promises not kept

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News | 29 November 2016

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Social grants: Minister to make announcement on switchover

Black Sash warns of looming national crisis

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News | 28 November 2016

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Small-scale fishers demand their rights

Dozens protest at Parliament over fishing permit policy

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News | 26 November 2016

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Dispute over City’s confiscation of traders’ goods

Government wouldn’t do this to Pick ‘n Pay, says activist

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News | 25 November 2016

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Understanding the court challenge to the nuclear deal

Major case against state capture will be heard in December

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GroundView | 25 November 2016

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No answers from municipality to residents’ complaints of leaking sewerage pipes

Duncan Village residents say their houses are wet and smelly

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News | 24 November 2016

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Tafelberg study a breakthrough, say activists

270 units proposed for low-income households on Sea Point property

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News | 18 November 2016

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Let’s resist the securocrats

State security apparatus is overreaching - dangerously

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Opinion | 18 November 2016

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Housing activists block access to Public Works department

They protested that the Western Cape government's feasibility study on the controversial Tafelberg property is overdue

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News | 15 November 2016

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Reprieve for Bromwell Street families

“Now we can spend Christmas in Woodstock”

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News | 9 November 2016