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Wild Coast Road: communities have been consulted

We are compensating households affected by the road, says SANRAL

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Opinion | 23 May 2018

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“We had no thermometer in the whole clinic”

Nurses at East London clinic say they are battling

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News | 23 May 2018

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Minister attempts to reassure Parkwood backyarders

“So what do we do now? Do we take down the structures that are already up? If we do, where will we go?” asks land occupier

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News | 23 May 2018

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Western Cape teacher on trial for sex crime was allowed to continue teaching

But MEC Debbie Schäfer demanded Equal Education stop all school activities after sexual misconduct allegations unrelated to learners

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News | 22 May 2018

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Sexual assault charges against teacher dropped after five postponements

Court told the investigating officer is on leave and therefore witnesses could not be located

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Brief | 22 May 2018

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School even had its burglar bars stolen

Parents close Empumalanga Primary in protest as school is stripped by thieves

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News | 22 May 2018

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How do we prevent South Africans from getting sick with TB?

Part three of a three-part series on a neglected disease that kills over a hundred thousand South Africans every year

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Feature | 22 May 2018

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Concourt explains test for racism in the workplace

Employee who used the phrase “swart man” was rightly dismissed

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Law | 22 May 2018

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“We’re not asking for a place like Marina Da Gama” says Vrygrond protester

Running battles over land occupation continue

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News | 21 May 2018

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Maynard Street residents snubbed by mayoral committee members

“They are running away from accountability to the electorate” says community spokesperson

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News | 21 May 2018

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Minister suspends Equal Education programmes

Debbie Schäfer cites sexual misconduct allegations against some of the social movement’s leaders

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News | 21 May 2018

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Women and children may get their own train carriages

#UniteBehind says PRASA board chair has undertaken to introduce chaperoned carriages

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Brief | 21 May 2018

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Land occupiers in Parkwood say they’ve waited 16 years

MEC Bonginkosi Madikizela to meet backyard dwellers on Tuesday

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Brief | 21 May 2018

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Workers battle to get UIF paid out

Two junior riggers at Tentickle Hiring Services (PTY) Ltd have tried since October to get their unemployment benefit

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News | 21 May 2018

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Protest over police handling of lesbian murder

Gender and gay rights organisations march to Delft police station

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News | 21 May 2018

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Patricia de Lille proposes affordable housing in Cape Town’s tallest skyscraper

Some units in the Zero2One building will be for households that earn up to R15k per month

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News | 20 May 2018

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