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Parents burn tyres outside home of man accused of sexually assaulting children

NPA say placing the matter on the court roll prematurely could prejudice thier case

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News | 22 June 2020

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Community healthcare workers down tools

Union wants outsourcing stopped and workers integrated with health department

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Brief | 19 June 2020

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Life may be returning to post-lockdown normality but it’s far from normal in hospitals

Here are the latest numbers from Groote Schuur

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GroundView | 19 June 2020

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Asylum seekers may apply for Covid-19 relief grant

Pretoria High Court rules against the Minister of Social Development

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Brief | 19 June 2020

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Residents thank Covid-19 pandemic for sanitation

After 23 years using a pit latrine, community gets chemical toilets

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Brief | 19 June 2020

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Transparent masks allow deaf people to lip-read

“Normal masks hide emotions”

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News | 19 June 2020

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New occupation in Uitenhage named Covid Village

Municipality says it is still considering whether to formalise the housing or to follow legal processes for removal

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News | 19 June 2020

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Dunoon ward councillor’s office petrol bombed

Land occupation blamed for arson attack

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News | 19 June 2020

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Eskom warns that residents who “bridge” electricity will remain in the dark

Tsakane residents without electricity for two weeks block roads in protest

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News | 19 June 2020

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Cape Flats families bury their children on Youth Day

“It happens every day, uncle, every single day”

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Photo Essay | 18 June 2020

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Covid-19 Report 7: Life-saving drug is good news but no time to pop champagne

Also: Four suggestions for improving peer review, and South African death data

GroundUp and Spotlight staff

Covid-19 Report | 18 June 2020

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Covid-19: COSAS closes down Cape Town school

Matric students sent home

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News | 18 June 2020

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Eastern Cape mud school “falling apart” say parents

Parents say they have been asking the department for a new school for over 20 years

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News | 18 June 2020

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Shack dwellers make up their own housing list for new City of Cape Town project

Dozens try to occupy land set aside for Maroela Project

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News | 18 June 2020

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Private schools must give fair hearings before kicking children out, rules Concourt

Supreme Court of Appeal decision overturned

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Law | 17 June 2020

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United Civil Society in Action sues GroundUp and the National Lotteries Commission

Case brought after GroundUp exposed dodgy grants and looting of funds

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News | 17 June 2020

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