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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 prisoner’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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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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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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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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Community health workers: arbitrator rules against NEHAWU

Bid to make workers permanent state employees fails

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News | 10 November 2021

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Our faulty approach to life sentences is catching up with us

Our prisons are crowded with “lifers”, at great cost to us all

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Opinion | 10 November 2021

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India’s Supreme Court strikes a blow against the use of spyware

Ruling offers ways to hold governments and companies accountable

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Opinion | 10 November 2021

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Thirsty villagers desert ANC for independent candidate

Broken promises over dam project said to be reason ANC vote dropped from 83% to 53% in Mhlontlo in the Eastern Cape

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News | 10 November 2021

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Overflowing toilets, piles of rubbish and empty water tanks plague Gqeberha shack dwellers

Yet the municipality claims the area is cleaned and serviced regularly

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Brief | 10 November 2021

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Are SAPS commanders ignoring instructions to discipline brutal cops?

Upington death in custody raises questions

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Feature | 9 November 2021

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Health activists call for patent law reform

Patents prevent equal access to life-saving medicines, protesters say

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News | 9 November 2021

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State liable for damages after teenager shot by off-duty cop

Court found it “shocking” that officer had been given a firearm despite failing shooting tests and being “consistently incompetent”

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Law | 9 November 2021

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No confidence in the police, so residents have taken matters into their own hands

Patrollers keep Eldorado Park safe

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Video | 9 November 2021

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