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City of Cape Town appeals interdict stopping shack demolitions during lockdown

The City told the Supreme Court of Appeal the interdict has hindered its ability to protect property and to roll out housing

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News | 16 November 2021

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Treating Covid: What works? What doesnā€™t? And what might work?

A simple guide

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Explainer | 16 November 2021

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Taps run dry in the village of Mandelaā€™s childhood home

Municipality failed to pay Eskom so pump station was switched off

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News | 15 November 2021

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GroundUpā€™s Ray Joseph is suing the Chief Operating Officer of the Lottery

Award-winning reporter says Phillemon Letwaba defamed him

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News | 15 November 2021

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There will be no funerals until the sewage system is fixed, residents threaten

ā€œWe live in a pigstyā€

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Brief | 15 November 2021

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By the time Home Affairs reopens its Cape Town refugee office it will have taken ten years

Epping office expected to open in September 2022

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News | 15 November 2021

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E-hailing drivers march through Cape Town

They are demanding that companies like Uber reduce fees

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Brief | 12 November 2021

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Principals are drowning in the education departmentā€™s admin demands

ā€œI live in perpetual fear of missing deadlines and other principals say the sameā€

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News | 12 November 2021

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Mthatha patients wait in the rain at clinics from 3am

ā€œFor years we have been treated like this, but itā€™s worse since Covid.ā€

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News | 12 November 2021

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Tax the rich, demand budget protesters

Unions and organisations call for a basic income grant

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News | 11 November 2021

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Social grants: the research behind the controversy

We look at how different grants were evaluated in the recent SALDRU study

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Analysis | 11 November 2021

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Law and power: How a prisonerā€™s journey saved the lives of thousands

A look back at the battle for the rights of HIV-positive prisoners

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Analysis | 11 November 2021

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How horses give hope to Atlantis youth

Horse Pals rescues horses — and people

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Video | 11 November 2021

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Eastern Cape villagers refused to vote because of no-show mayor

At the Phungulelweni voting station in Ntabankulu Local Municipality only nine people voted

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News | 11 November 2021

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Another win for Lottery investigation team

GroundUp and Limpopo Mirror win journalism award

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Brief | 11 November 2021

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PRASA liable for injuries to man thrown from train

Supreme Court of Appeal delivers landmark judgment in a case involving a man attacked on a train in Stellenbosch in 2011

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Law | 10 November 2021

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