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Small towns are missing the chance to change apartheid’s geography

With political will, it can be done

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Opinion | 8 November 2019

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The long wait for new housing for Blikkiesdorp families

Symphony Way development will take years to complete

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News | 8 November 2019

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Townships organise private security to do police work

Households contribute R150 each for neighbourhood watches in Musina

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News | 8 November 2019

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Non-profit organisations call for head of Social Development to resign

Protesters say their organisations are falling apart because of a lack of funding

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News | 8 November 2019

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Burst water pipe left for three weeks in Port Elizabeth

“People come and wash their cars here while we suffer in my house,” says elderly resident

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Brief | 7 November 2019

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Former inmate tells court he thought of killing himself after prison beating

Xolani Zulu is one of five current and former inmates suing the state for alleged assault and torture

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News | 7 November 2019

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Refugee leaders refuse help from civil society organisations

Chances of resettlement are dismal, but leaders of group staying at church in centre of Cape Town persist with demand

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News | 7 November 2019

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Initiation school mired in filth

Illegal dumping is compromising Xhosa traditional practice at a school in Govan Mbeki

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Brief | 7 November 2019

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Understanding the documents you might be sent during an eviction

You can’t be evicted without a court order

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Explainer | 7 November 2019

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Vygieskraal fire victims want to go home

Over 60 people have been sheltering for three weeks at a community hall in Athlone

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News | 7 November 2019

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National Lotteries Commission grilled in Parliament

Questions asked about conflicts of interest and unfinished projects

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Parliament | 6 November 2019

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Prison inmate tells court about beating at Leeuwkop prison

Xolani Zulu is among five inmates suing Correctional Services

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News | 6 November 2019

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“Urine streams down the taxi rank”

Toilets at Govan Mbeki Taxi Rank in Port Elizabeth have not worked for three months, commuters say

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Brief | 6 November 2019

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Climate change plagues Western Cape agriculture

Farmers in Oudtshoorn estimate the drought has lost them billions of rands

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Feature | 6 November 2019

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Ex-political prisoner dies, leaving family in poverty

Albert Tywili was one of the Upington 14

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Brief | 6 November 2019

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Parents close down Port Elizabeth school

Protesters demand better infrastructure and security

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News | 6 November 2019

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