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PRASA vs Siyangena: court decision on Friday

Judges to rule whether or not case will go to trial

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News | 6 March 2019

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UNISA’s campuses in KZN shut down

Students complain about exam dates and allowances

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News | 6 March 2019

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Community health workers blockade Gauteng Department of Health

Workers have not given up the fight to be made permanent employees

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News | 6 March 2019

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Selling prickly pears by the side of the road

This is not a job for the weak, says Uitenhage woman

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Brief | 6 March 2019

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Social grant paypoints should not be an election issue, MPs warned

Politicians told not to try to keep costly paypoints open

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News | 5 March 2019

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Fire leaves hundreds homeless in Overcome Heights

Luckily no injuries were reported following Monday night’s blaze

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Brief | 5 March 2019

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South Africa’s KAT has begun prowling the universe

MeerKAT is tuning into thousands of “radio channels” at a time

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Science | 5 March 2019

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Home Affairs tells man to come back with his dead mother

Robert Masuku has been voting since 1994 but is registered as an illegal immigrant

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Brief | 5 March 2019

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Activists battle property company over right to protest

Reclaim the City opposes interdict granted to Growthpoint Properties

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News | 5 March 2019

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Green Point fire could have been contained say residents

A lack of water and access roads hindered efforts to douse shack fire in Khayelitsha

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News | 4 March 2019

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“If I was able to do something else, I would,” says teacher

Teaching is tough in overcrowded schools with ill-disciplined sometimes violent learners

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Brief | 4 March 2019

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Hardworking and dedicated, but these janitors in East London can go unpaid for weeks

Toilet cleaners also have to buy their own cleaning materials and chemicals and work without gloves or protective clothing

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News | 4 March 2019

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Picket against bad treatment at Lusikisiki clinic

The TAC held a protest at Xurana clinic which they say is losing patients in “droves”

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Brief | 1 March 2019

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Students burn their beds at UKZN

Protests over conditions at San Sabil residence in Durban

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Brief | 1 March 2019

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Mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay says hands off Uitenhage land occupation

Over 200 shacks erected in Khayelitsha with ward councillor’s support

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News | 1 March 2019

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PE residents want police station commander removed

Protesters allege corruption and incompetence at Motherwell SAPS

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News | 1 March 2019

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