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Hillbrow residents move nearly 500 tons of trash from their derelict building

Massive clean-up at Florence House

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Photo Essay | 16 April 2021

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“Illegal” school teaches hundreds of learners education department hasn’t placed

Mfuleni Combined School is run by volunteers and based in an illegally occupied college

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News | 16 April 2021

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Funders of African health research are excluding Africans, say scientists

African scientists call on funders to “decolonise global health”

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News | 15 April 2021

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Rail regulator CEO suffers court defeat: company secretary must be reinstated

Leave to appeal Labour Court judgment dismissed

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Brief | 15 April 2021

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Concourt rules that marriage act oppressing thousands of women is unconstitutional

The court upheld a ruling that marriages under the old Black Administration Act be made in community of property by default

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Law | 15 April 2021

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Commuters stranded after taxi owner gunned down in Gqeberha

Taxi association says murder has nothing to do with its route operations

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Brief | 15 April 2021

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“We cannot escape the smell”: Women have to clear away sewage before they can do their laundry

Toilets overflowing since June last year, but eThekwini municipality says blockages are caused by foreign objects

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News | 15 April 2021

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Judge President’s gripe with lawyers leads to High Court impasse

Limpopo judge’s statement that lawyers are trying to “capture” the court prompts concern from other judges

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News | 15 April 2021

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Neighbour pays rent for family, saving them from eviction … for now

Couple lost their jobs at the start of the Covid-19 lockdown and have not been able to find permanent work since

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News | 15 April 2021

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No water in Qwaqwa villages since 2018

Villagers battle to access water, yet government says R220 million supply project is far advanced

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News | 14 April 2021

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SASSA on target to clear Western Cape disability grant backlog, agency says

Only 10,000 people still need assessments, SASSA says, but Black Sash is sceptical

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News | 14 April 2021

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Students unable to pay rent sleep outside college gates

“Getting education in this country is still a challenge and it won’t be better anytime soon”

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Brief | 14 April 2021

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Living in Covid village in Cape Town

City says occupation is illegal and it has no funds for such unplanned settlements

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Photo Essay | 14 April 2021

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Activists sceptical about Home Affairs’ ability to move refugee process online

Department extends validity of asylum and refugee permits until 30 June

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Brief | 14 April 2021

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Makhanda shack dwellers protest for electrification

Eskom pole set alight

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Brief | 13 April 2021

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Immigrant spaza shop owners driven out of Atlantis

Police failed to intervene

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News | 13 April 2021

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