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More Hermanus protesters released on bail

Of the 69 arrested in housing protests, 39 are now out of custody

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Brief | 19 April 2018

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Commuters battle to get to work as bus strike starts

“It’s busy today. I will be able to pay my monthly cellphone bill,” says taxi driver.

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News | 18 April 2018

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In Masiphumelele’s wetlands, everyone dreads the winter

Shackdwellers fear they’ll be sidelined by City housing plans

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News | 18 April 2018

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Trapped in Bholobholo without a toilet for 10 years

City says sanitation and water taps will be installed in May

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News | 18 April 2018

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Reblocking unsettles Tembisa residents

Some community members says they were not aware of the hardship it would involve

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News | 18 April 2018

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Edendale residents say they will not vote in 2019

March on legislature to demand better living conditions

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Brief | 18 April 2018

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Police fire rubber bullets at Pietermaritzburg students

Offices set alight, tyres slashed, eight students injured according to SRC

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News | 17 April 2018

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Violence erupts in Vrygrond after shack demolitions

Ward councillor says City is awaiting outcome of a court case over the vacant land

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News | 17 April 2018

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Colchester’s roads still in a mess, six months after contractor was fired

Some workers have not been fully paid

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News | 17 April 2018

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Truck stopped at gunpoint then set alight in Dunoon

Six people arrested as City continues demolishing shacks

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Brief | 17 April 2018

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City halted housing project because of violence

“No more fight left” says 62-year-old woman after waiting 28 years for a house

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News | 17 April 2018

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Countrywide bus strike from Wednesday

Possibility of train strike still looms

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Brief | 16 April 2018

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Pietermaritzburg college campuses shut down

Students evicted after NSFAS fails to pay accommodation fees

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News | 16 April 2018

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Judo SA needs funds for young Eastern Cape fighter

Lithemba Magajana has been selected to take part in the African Judo Cadet Championships in Burundi in May

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Brief | 16 April 2018

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Khayelitsha land occupiers describe their desperation

About 230 out of an initial 500 people remain, some having had their shacks demolished three times, and yet new land occupiers keep arriving

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News | 16 April 2018

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Court rules that banks can sell your house for next to nothing

Case involved house valued at R470,000 sold for R40,000 by Standard Bank

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Law | 16 April 2018

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