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89,000 children’s foster care grants at risk

Government promises to meet November deadline, but MPs are sceptical

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News | 19 September 2019

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Students arrested after attack on security guard

Guard escapes through a window after petrol bomb thrown into guardroom at Durban University of Technology

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Brief | 19 September 2019

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Women from shelters picket as Ramaphosa speaks

Movement calls for more funding for shelters for survivors of abuse

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Brief | 18 September 2019

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Parents can’t spank their children, Constitutional Court says

The same conduct by someone other than a parent towards the same child would be indefensible assault

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Law | 18 September 2019

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Fire rips through Joe Slovo settlement, destroying 50 houses

IDs, textbooks, school uniforms destroyed

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Brief | 18 September 2019

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Tender dispute disrupts City of Cape Town’s waste recycling

City still to appoint managers of drop-off facilities

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News | 18 September 2019

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Glebelands: blood on an oil bottle shows accused was at murder scene

Blood sample identifies Bhekukwazi Mdweshu

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News | 18 September 2019

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Oak Valley: employers and employees argue over court jurisdiction

Workers want their plea for better housing heard in the Equality Court

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News | 17 September 2019

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Bonteheuwel women fight auction of their garden

Residents say they weren’t consulted about the sale, while city councillor encourages them to bid for the property

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News | 17 September 2019

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Protesters disrupt auction of evicted family’s house

Auctioneer says City of Cape Town “jumped through hoops” for evictees

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Brief | 17 September 2019

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Witness tells of plan to murder competitor at Glebelands hostel

He also describes murder of Siniko Ncayiyana

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News | 17 September 2019

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Silent march against violence at the University of Johannesburg

Marchers demand better security for students

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Brief | 17 September 2019

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80-year-old Woodstock man evicted from his home of 43 years

Family spends night on the street

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Brief | 17 September 2019

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81-year-old is still waiting for his Eskom refund

Mboneni Masebe says he can’t afford to keep travelling to Eskom offices

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Brief | 16 September 2019

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“God take their penises away”

Kraaifontein women march in protest against violence against women

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Brief | 16 September 2019

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Students block University of Zululand campus

Attack on student triggers demand for better security

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