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Generations of Cape Town flower traders cut it in the city market

“Everybody in the family is here, cousins, aunties and great aunties”

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Photo Essay | 28 August 2019

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Msunduzi River spill: Small farmers worried they will not be compensated for “losses”

Fund set up to assist with cleanup

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Feature | 28 August 2019

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Protesters demand Western Cape crime summit

Threats of “a national protest and a possible tax revolt” if government does not respond

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Brief | 27 August 2019

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Langa residents demand removal of ward councillor

Dozens protest outside municipal offices over blocked drains and toilets, lack of garbage removal and broken street lights

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News | 27 August 2019

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“My RDP house has robbed me of my legs”

Official says Nomvula Frans’s home will be prioritised to make it suitable for her disability

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News | 27 August 2019

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PRASA employee describes dysfunctional organisation

“Angry customers ask why we want to verify their tickets when there is no service?” says ticket collector

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Brief | 27 August 2019

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Toilets unserviced for months in Khayelitsha

We breath unbearable stench from the dirty loos, says resident

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News | 27 August 2019

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Raw sewage runs through Dunoon’s Ethembeni informal settlement

Residents say they have been living in these conditions for over a year

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News | 27 August 2019

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“We turned an unused building into a place many now call home”

“In this place there is love and care,” says Woodstock hospital occupier

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News | 27 August 2019

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Still no police station five years after Khayelitsha Commission of Inquiry into policing

Police ministry and SAPS continue to fail the vulnerable and the poor, says activist

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Brief | 26 August 2019

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Is Melissa Whitehead a principled civil servant or a “cowboy”?

Her supporters say she was too progressive for Cape Town’s municipality. Her detractors accuse her of playing victim.

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News | 26 August 2019

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Endlovini residents burn rubble at councillor’s office

Protesters demand toilets and electricity

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Brief | 26 August 2019

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Make trains safer for women and children, demand commuters

#UniteBehind and other train commuters stage picket on Friday

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Brief | 26 August 2019

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City says it has housing opportunities in Blue Downs

Residential serviced plots available for people with a monthly income of R9,000 to R22,000

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Brief | 26 August 2019

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Burn victims unable to get life changing treatment

South Africa’s only tissue bank has been empty the past two months

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News | 26 August 2019

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Without appropriation art is sterile

A response to Jewish theatremakers speak out against cultural appropriation on stage

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Opinion | 26 August 2019

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