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Tata ma (almost no) chance: Household income of most lottery players is less than R10,000 per month

UNISA survey gives insight into who plays the Lotto and why

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Feature | 2 December 2019

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Metropolitan cites obscure rule to withhold full amount of interest from Durbanville man

Company denies claim but offers to pay half as “goodwill gesture”

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News | 2 December 2019

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Understanding the SCA’s freedom of expression judgment

“The legislature may well have wanted to regulate hate speech as broadly as possible, but it has not done so with the necessary precision” explains Judge Navsa

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Law | 2 December 2019

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“What is the use of voting while we are still suffering”

Pietermaritzburg residents say they were promised houses years ago

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News | 2 December 2019

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Elderly couple rewards kind stranger with … a business

Rhadi’s Meat Place is booming

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Brief | 2 December 2019

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Call for JSE to act on climate change

Extinction Rebellion pours cold water on Black Friday

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Brief | 29 November 2019

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Decision on disputed Sea Point property expected in 2020

“The applicants’ rights and the state’s obligations are two sides of the same coin”

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Law | 29 November 2019

Muizinberg is famous for its colourful changing rooms, soft sand, warm water ,easy going nature and diversity.

Muizenberg: Where South Africans play together

People of all classes, races and nationalities enjoy the beach and its surrounds

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Photo Essay | 29 November 2019

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Commuter Lunga Zawa uses a wheelchair. But Nyanga station is only accessible by stairs

Cape Town Association for the Physically Disabled has been fighting since 2015 for better access

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News | 29 November 2019

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Gay activist stages pop-up theatre in city streets

“My performances are for the mother with a gay son who is hiding”

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News | 29 November 2019

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Huge new housing project in Retreat

5,000 homes to be built, says MEC, but Parkwood residents still sceptical

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News | 29 November 2019

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Mbalula under fire following train arson

Eighteen coaches “gutted” at Cape Town station at a cost of over R60 million

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News | 28 November 2019

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Phyllis Jowell Jewish Day School promises some affordable housing on Tafelberg site

But social housing won’t work, says school’s advocate

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Law | 28 November 2019

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No sign of the long-awaited relocation in Masiphumelele

1,000 families had expected to be moved to Erf 5131 in October

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Brief | 28 November 2019

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Mediation process offers hope to refugees in Pretoria

Criminal case against 189 could be dropped

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Brief | 28 November 2019

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R2.3 million taxi rank unused for five years

No explanation from Newcastle municipality

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