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Taps often run dry in Eastern Cape village

Villagers say they have to draw water from a river and a dirty canal

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Brief | 31 October 2018

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Home Affairs in court after official tears up child’s passport

Tinashe Bello was happily at school in Cape Town until he applied for a visa to allow him to represent his school in a German soccer tournament

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News | 31 October 2018

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Electricity bill gives pensioner a shock

Estimated reading by City four times higher than her usual bill

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News | 31 October 2018

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Police and MPs blame immigrants, unemployment, gangs, and each other for crime

Much grandstanding, little substance in Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Police hearing

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News | 30 October 2018

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New leaked reports show why train security has collapsed

Roy Moodley implicated in deals worth over R300 million

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Feature | 30 October 2018

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Gogos pay to queue for pensions

Social grant beneficiaries pay R10 to R20 to get a space outside the Pietermaritzburg post office

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News | 30 October 2018

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Parents start imaginative project to stop children playing on dumpsite

“Some children developed rashes all over their bodies after playing with the rubbish”

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Brief | 29 October 2018

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New Rail Enforcement Unit officers will be armed

All three levels of government co-operate in latest effort to protect Cape Town’s train commuters

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Brief | 29 October 2018

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Twitter abuse continues in Mabola Coal Mine saga

Atha-Africa senior executive continues to troll Centre for Environmental Rights

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News | 29 October 2018

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Lonmin says it is a victim of vexatious litigation

The Mining Forum has applied for the company’s mining license to be suspended

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News | 29 October 2018

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Court blocks activist event in Woodstock

City of Cape Town brought an urgent application against Reclaim the City

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News | 27 October 2018

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Firefighters protest in Cape Town

“We seek nothing other than getting paid for the hours we work,” says union leader

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Brief | 26 October 2018

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Over 800 people homeless after Vrygrond fire

309 homes destroyed in Overcome Heights informal settlement

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News | 26 October 2018

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Former Ekurhuleni workers demand mayor make good on his promise of jobs

The group protested as a motion of no confidence in Mayor Mzwandile Masina was being debated

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Brief | 26 October 2018

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Major precedent set for communities affected by mining

Constitutional Court judge quotes Fanon: to “strip someone of their source of livelihood, then you strip them of their dignity too”

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News | 26 October 2018

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“I fell into a pit of mud and human waste”

Pit toilets finally repaired at Eastern Cape school where caretaker nearly drowned

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News | 26 October 2018

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