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Lottery fails to name beneficiaries of multimillion-rand Covid-19 fund

MP complains to Parliament about lack of disclosure

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News | 11 June 2020

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Refugee Act amendments increase probability of unlawful detention, says report

Lawyers for Human Rights to host webinar on Friday

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News | 11 June 2020

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Case brought by Aussie miners is “an abuse of legal process” say defendants

Plaintiffs warn of “dangerous” development of the law if defendants’ pleas upheld

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News | 11 June 2020

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Young carpenter turns dumped wood into curios

Ulundi Mpulu, 21, founded House of Pallets, a curio shop and African kitchen

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Brief | 11 June 2020

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PRASA administrator acted “high-handedly” says court

Judge says Keabetswe “Kea” Mpane cannot be dismissed without due process

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Law | 10 June 2020

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City of Cape Town takes down tents erected by Observatory resident for homeless

The marquees were set up on City land without its permission

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News | 10 June 2020

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20 years later, Eastern Cape community wins right to its land

Supreme Court of Appeal upholds landmark decision

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Law | 10 June 2020

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Judgment on Strandfontein camp case reserved

City of Cape Town and SAHRC dispute legal costs

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Law | 10 June 2020

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Covid-19: “We are facing a humanitarian crisis like never before” warns Breadline Africa

Soup kitchen is feeding four times as many people as usual

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News | 10 June 2020

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IPID a no-show in Petrus Miggels police assault probe

Investigator has still not returned to the scene of the assault or interviewed key witnesses, according to Miggels’ family

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News | 10 June 2020

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School defies vandals and re-opens

A security fence was supposed to be installed around Joe Slovo Primary in Port Elizabeth but the lockdown delayed that plan

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Brief | 10 June 2020

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Defamation case aims to censor activists, says Budlender

Case has begun in Cape High Court involving three environmental lawyers and three activists who were critical of mines in Xolobeni and Lutzville

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Law | 10 June 2020

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Homeless immigrants secure winter shelter

But a couple of dozen others still live in Cape Town park

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News | 10 June 2020

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Two years waiting for the lights to be switched on

Poles and cables were installed in Ngudza, Limpopo, in 2018

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Brief | 9 June 2020

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Mothers say they are not receiving child maintenance payments during lockdown

New payment system at Department of Justice is blamed by protesters

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News | 9 June 2020

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Residents of Kliptown, where the Freedom Charter was signed, still don’t have decent toilets

“What government is saying about hygiene is an insult to us”

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