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Dogs and their owners out in force to raise money for Khayelitsha clinic

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Zimbabwean permits: Helen Suzman Foundation takes on Minister in Constitutional Court

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Gauteng bid to gag civil society fails in court

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The looters living it up from PRASA millions

Makhensa Mabunda and Auswell Mashaba were at the heart of the corrupt deals

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Housing activists frustrated by President Ramaphosa’s six-month silence on public land act

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Previous Lottery board and management ignored corruption investigations

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How to spend 12 years building a police station

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City of Cape Town won’t bend jobs policy, councillor tells Imizamo Yethu protesters

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