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Mantashe inspects West Coast mine ahead of its expansion plans

Mining department granted Tormin prospecting rights to substantial part of coastline and 15km of Oliphants River estuary

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Feature | 12 February 2019

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Protests halt classes at nursing college

Students at Western Cape College of Nursing want running water, better security and longer library hours

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Brief | 12 February 2019

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Nasty chemicals are accumulating on Cape Town’s coasts

Drugs, flushed through the sewage system, are ending up in sea-life.

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News | 12 February 2019

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City fails to publish water quality tests for two years

Public cannot assess effects of sewage disposal in sea

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News | 11 February 2019

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Vredenburg community to get new homes after protests

Saldanha Bay Municipality says protest damage came to R10 million

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News | 11 February 2019

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Farm workers march to stop evictions

“We farm workers want to use the agricultural land to provide for our families”

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News | 11 February 2019

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“Wake up and smell the coffee!” Mantashe tells Australian mining company

Mineral Resources Minister visits controversial Lutzville mine

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News | 11 February 2019

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Nursing students say their residences are unsafe

CPUT college students say they have found thieves and intruders several times

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Brief | 8 February 2019

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Living on a dam wall

Shack dwellers in Dunoon have occupied the edge of a dam

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News | 8 February 2019

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Law change will make it illegal to charge for adoption services

Organisations are concerned the number of adoptions will decline

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Brief | 8 February 2019

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GROUNDVIEW: Ramaphosa’s SONA offered much hope but it had a serious omission

State capture’s most visible effect is the breakdown of Metrorail

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GroundView | 8 February 2019

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Sport coach an unsung hero in Delft

Merlin Mosoko has trained dozens of children to play basketball

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News | 8 February 2019

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Wits accuses protesters of having a political agenda

Student leaders call off protests

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News | 8 February 2019

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GROUNDVIEW: Let sex workers and their clients be

Also: Leadership needed by the Ministry of Higher Education and Training

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GroundView | 7 February 2019

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Eastcape Midlands students protest over missing scripts

College “acknowledges and regrets impact” on students not having 2018 exam results

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Brief | 7 February 2019

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Stockout of testosterone injections used by transgender people

Pfizer expects to have testosterone injections in the country by the end of month

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News | 7 February 2019

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