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Aerial photo of Tafelberg School

Activists ask court to stop province selling Sea Point property

Tafelberg site should be used for affordable housing, not a private school, they argue

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News | 11 April 2016

Photo of incomplete house in Imbali, Pietermaritzburg

Imbali residents tired of politicians’ empty promises

“Come election time they’ll come with food parcels”

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News | 11 April 2016

Photo of a tent on the pavement in Observatory.

Poor, black people are still denied access to public space

Our cities show disdain for the poor

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Opinion | 11 April 2016

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Dunoon backyarders protest at civic centre

They demand land to build houses

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News | 8 April 2016

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Langa learners demand a competent maths and physics teacher

District education officials promise to provide one this month

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Brief | 8 April 2016

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Masiphumelele community opposes R4 million fence

Community leaders say money would be better spent improving the township

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News | 8 April 2016

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Concern about government plans to move people to Pelican Park

While officials say there are good facilities, others paint a grim picture of the suburb

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News | 7 April 2016

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Bid to change De Waal Drive to Philip Kgosana Drive

Mayor’s office considering proposal

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News | 7 April 2016

Man with marijuana plant

Cash crops poisoned in Pondoland

Police helicopters spray marijuana plantations every year

Text by Kimon de Greef. Photos by Masixole Feni.

Feature | 7 April 2016

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Eastern Cape education minister must go, demand protesters

Hundreds march in King William’s Town for better schools

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News | 6 April 2016

Map of plague cases

Evidence of plague found in rat in Tembisa rubbish dump

No immediate threat to health, say scientists

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News | 5 April 2016

Photo of residents in Endlovini informal settlement in Colchester, near Port Elizabeth

No water, no toilets, no houses, no plan: Endlovini residents are “just desperate”

Officials only pay attention to us at election time, they say

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News | 5 April 2016

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Minister Angie Motshekga’s ugly lesson for learners

How she has shown that their confidence in representative government is misplaced

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Opinion | 5 April 2016

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High level of foetal alcohol syndrome found in Saldanha Bay

Six percent of children born with disorder, study finds

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News | 4 April 2016

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Masiphumelele’s clinic unable to serve township’s needs

Calls for facility's service and space to be expanded, but officials say this will be difficult

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News | 4 April 2016

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Councillor boasts about forced removal on Facebook

Nine-month pregnant woman delivers baby day after her shack is demolished

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Feature | 31 March 2016