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Judge slams lawyers who preyed on refugees

Attorneys and advocate who did ā€œa cut and paste jobā€ for clients ordered to pay the costs from their own pockets

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Law | 19 August 2024

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Trains now run to Khayelitsha, but the Central Line is still not fully operational

Metrorail says work on remaining stations was delayed by rains

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News | 19 August 2024

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PRASAā€™s hiring and firing of CEO has cost R15-million and counting

Zolani Matthews has been given the boot again, this time for ā€œoperational reasonsā€

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News | 17 August 2024

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Fired security guards have been sleeping outside health department in Johannesburg for four months

They say they are owed money and want the department to intervene with their former employers

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News | 16 August 2024

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Pre-dawn operation moves homeless people off Cape Townā€™s streets

City is offering ā€œSafe Spaceā€ shelters but some people donā€™t want to go there

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News | 16 August 2024

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Protesting residents shot outside KZN ward councillorā€™s house

Injured protestor said he was shot by one of councillorā€™s bodyguards

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News | 16 August 2024

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Man suspected of raping a disabled child is at large after police bungle arrest

Mother says Elliot police have failed her

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News | 16 August 2024

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Stop new mining on West Coast, say fishers

ā€œWe depend on the oceanā€

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News | 16 August 2024

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Homeless people removed from Cape Townā€™s city centre

ā€œWe want everybody to have dignified accommodation,ā€ says ward councillor

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News | 15 August 2024

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Bail denied for Cape Town attorney charged with attempted murder

Court rules attorney Rael Kassel is a flight risk

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Brief | 15 August 2024

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Dodgy multi-million rand Rio Olympics grant under investigation

Here are the names of the officials with whom the Lottery will no longer do business

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News | 15 August 2024

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City of Cape Town says progress on rail devolution is too slow

Draft National Devolution Strategy has not yet been made public

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Brief | 15 August 2024

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My three-month battle with the Unemployment Insurance Fund

Appeal to the new Minister of Labour to fix the problems with the fund

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Opinion | 15 August 2024

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SAā€™s ā€˜rock librariesā€™ gain world acclaim

UNESCO World Heritage Site status granted to three rock shelters

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News | 15 August 2024

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In sickness and in health: What can workers expect from their employer if they are too sick to work?

CCMA finds dismissal of cancer survivor lawful

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News | 14 August 2024

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Security guard strike hits Western Cape SASSA offices

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