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104-year-old woman has to go to the toilet in the open

Elisa Khumalo has watched as other people in the area get new toilets but not her

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Brief | 24 June 2020

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“Commuters have to urinate in the open,” says PE taxi driver

Taxi rank public toilets badly vandalised last year have remained closed

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Brief | 24 June 2020

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Families vacate land at owner’s request, only to be moved off new land too

City of Cape Town demolished the shacks and confiscated the material of 13 families who had moved from private land

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Brief | 24 June 2020

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Protest in Hout Bay over payment for lobster rights

Local communities hit by collapse of global lobster trade

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News | 24 June 2020

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Sophiatown residents’ 20-year battle for services and housing

City says it can’t provide services on land it does not own

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News | 24 June 2020

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“This is not a land grab. We are taking back what belongs to us”

Hundreds of people in Midvaal occupy private land

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News | 23 June 2020

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Edcon business rescuers ask for 157% increase

Union objects and will approach Ministry of Trade and Industry

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News | 23 June 2020

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86 workers claim “unfair” suspension for absence after colleagues test positive for Covid-19

New Era says refusal to work constituted an unprotected strike by workers

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News | 23 June 2020

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Covid-19: Fake news costs workers their wages

Workers from so-called “hotspot” told to stay home

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News | 23 June 2020

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Do poorer communities have fewer plant and animal species?

A new study confirms that the “luxury effect” is real

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Science | 23 June 2020

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Doornbach residents resist Covid-19 relocation plan

About 1,500 Dunoon families are to be moved to Winning Way

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Brief | 23 June 2020

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Hijacked organisation gets millions in Lottery grants

Police demand proof before accepting criminal complaint

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Feature | 22 June 2020

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Community Chest houses homeless group in its office for winter

City of Cape Town says Culemborg shelter will be completed by end of June

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News | 22 June 2020

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“Every day there are electricity issues,” says Pietermaritzburg resident

Electricity was restored in Ngubeni on Saturday after two days of protests

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News | 22 June 2020

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Nurses picket over staff shortages at False Bay Hospital

Hospital is “currently experiencing more than double the workload they have seen over the past five years” says health department

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News | 22 June 2020

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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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