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Protest after informal settlement flooded in Durban

Councillor promises to act after residents call for disaster relief

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Brief | 24 April 2019

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Train arson suspect sent for psychiatric assessment

Court case postponed until 2 May

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Brief | 24 April 2019

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Evicted families stuck in Paarl caravan park for a year

Municipality says its emergency housing project was halted by community resistance

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News | 24 April 2019

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Athlone arts hub shuts its doors

Closure follows collapse of Catholic Welfare and Development

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Brief | 24 April 2019

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Strand protesters threaten to disrupt elections

Protest follows picket by property owners last week

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News | 24 April 2019

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We’re lucky to be alive, says Durban flood survivor

Xolani Ngubo’s shack collapsed on him and his family while they were sleeping

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News | 23 April 2019

Praymore Mwarumba was staying Ngangu in Chumanimani when Cyclone Idai hit. When the first light arrived Mwarumba immediately started helping.

The everyday heroes of Cyclone Idai

Zimbabwe’s people helped as best they could

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Feature | 23 April 2019

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Train arson suspect in court on Wednesday

Western Cape has increased its available train sets from 39 in December 2018 to 56 currently

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News | 23 April 2019

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Three judges reported to Judicial Service Commission

Judges Anton van Zyl, Siraj Desai, and Jacqueline Henriques nailed for late judgments

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Law | 23 April 2019

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100-year-old man waiting 22 years for a house

“It would make our last few years on earth easier if we got a house”

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News | 23 April 2019

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Strand property owners protest against land occupation

Dispute over future of SANRAL land

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News | 19 April 2019

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JHB manager tells SAHRC of difficulties developing Alexandra

Inquiry follows spate of protests in township

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News | 19 April 2019

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Family of learner killed on Metrorail suffers two more tragedies

“We were expecting great things from this child, but now he is gone”

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News | 18 April 2019

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Cape Town’s roadside chicken sellers

“What I love about this business is that it is outside. I’m not enclosed in a building.”

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Photo Essay | 18 April 2019

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Housing list sparks protests in East London

Police use tear gas and rubber bullets to quell two days of demonstrations in Nompumelelo township

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News | 18 April 2019

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Why a high court dismissed Somali claims for asylum

But Lawyers for Human Rights disagrees with the court’s reasoning and is appealing

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Law | 18 April 2019

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