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Housing activists march to Parliament against proposed land bill

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Brief | 15 June 2026

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Informal settlement destroyed by Operation Prosper must be rebuilt, court rules

Thousands of people left homeless, says the SAHRC

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Law | 15 June 2026

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1976 student uprising leader still haunted by “rows of bodies in the mortuary”

Seth Mazibuko is part of a team heading the “1976 at 50” campaign to commemorate the day

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Brief | 15 June 2026

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Corruption-accused Judge Portia Phahlane to face tribunal

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Law | 15 June 2026

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Only one police van is operational in this Sundays River Valley town

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Hundreds protest new land occupation law in Durban and Joburg

Activists fear amendment bill will criminalise poor and landless people, and those who help them

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Brief | 12 June 2026

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City plans to auction Cape Town farmers’ market site

Mowbray Market promotes smallholder farmers from Cape Town and rural towns as far as Genadendal, Suurbraak, and Calitzdorp

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News | 12 June 2026

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1 in 7 “vocational matric” TVET students graduate on time. Why?

Government says most students enrol in the national certificate so that they can receive NSFAS funding, and never complete the course

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