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Premier Blue Ribbon Salt River strike enters fourth month

Union threatens nationwide solidarity strike

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News | 26 February 2019

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Parents remove learners from Cape Town school amid violence

Police urged to increase patrols at Ravensmead High

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News | 26 February 2019

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“Prosecute the PRASA thieves”

Activists fighting for a decent Metrorail service protest at NPA

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Brief | 25 February 2019

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RDP house on sale for R1.7 million

Risky purchase says property consultant

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Brief | 25 February 2019

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Caster Semenya: Issues the sporting authority has to consider

Whatever the decision, the emotional toll for athletes is high

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Analysis | 25 February 2019

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Land alone is not enough

If municipalities fail to supply services, communities cannot properly use their land

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Opinion | 25 February 2019

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Case not closed: Cape High Court backlog showing no signs of improving

Thirteen judgments are over six months late, twice the amount of time set out in the judicial norms

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Law | 25 February 2019

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Wastewater audit missing as countrywide water shortage looms

After reports were sent to cabinet, water test results have not been released for five years

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Feature | 25 February 2019

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Khayelitsha residents protest against sky high water bills

Community demands City explain policy

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News | 22 February 2019

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Gauteng community health care workers reject contracts

R3,500 a month is not enough, says workers’ forum

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News | 22 February 2019

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Education department is “showing us the middle finger”

Parents protest about the dilapidated state of three Uitenhage schools

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Brief | 22 February 2019

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Forget cigarette smuggling. The big money is in stealing coal

Coal theft siphons off billions of rands a year

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Feature | 22 February 2019

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Reconsidering South Africa’s approach to waste pickers

Waste pickers must be integrated into the formal waste management sector, says researcher

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News | 22 February 2019

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Woman told to go to Zimbabwe to get her South African-born child’s visas

She faces prohibitive costs and may lose her job

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Brief | 22 February 2019

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Eastern Cape residents must make way for taxi rank

Second time in four years that the people of Bhekela informal settlement will be moved

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Brief | 22 February 2019

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Workers in finance department down tools in Pietermaritzburg

Municipal employees say they work in terrible conditions and their office equipment and computers do not function

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News | 21 February 2019

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