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CPS drops its rate for social grant payments

Company prepared to accept R45 per cash beneficiary - for now

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News | 28 May 2018

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Philippi backyarders protest, demanding to be left to build on open land

“We associated Ramaphosa with a better life, hence we named this open land after him”

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Brief | 26 May 2018

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Marikana settlement still waiting for floodlights

Residents say police find it too dark to patrol

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Brief | 25 May 2018

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Private taxis cash in after Tsakane minibus rank closure

“When the cat is away, the mice will play,” says taxi driver

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News | 25 May 2018

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Pietermaritzburg woman feeds up to 150 gogos out of her own pocket

“She is the reason behind our smile,” says 80-year-old Sizakele Ntuli

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News | 25 May 2018

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No security at Home Affairs

Foreshore office even more chaotic than usual

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News | 25 May 2018

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More security for Cape Town’s trains in “two to three months” says City

The plan must prioritise commuter safety, says #FixOurTrains campaign

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News | 24 May 2018

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Parkwood protests continue as officials meet

Province promises to discuss “plan” with residents

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Brief | 24 May 2018

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Nurses call for Health MEC to be axed

KZN nurses say they are chronically short-staffed and underpaid

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Brief | 24 May 2018

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Khayelitsha residents march in the rain demanding better living conditions

Memorandum delivered to ANC councillor

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Brief | 24 May 2018

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Transgender rights: Vital case heads to Equality Court

Prisoner alleges unfair discrimination

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Law | 24 May 2018

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Another Abahlali activist shot dead

S’fiso Ngcobo shot seven times at his home

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News | 23 May 2018

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Parkwood erupts in protest after shack demolitions

“How must we sleep now? On glass, on sand, on bricks, on garbage? They took everything from us.”

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News | 23 May 2018

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“When will we black lesbians live freely in our community?”

Triangle Project moves to get man accused of lesbian murder behind bars

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Brief | 23 May 2018

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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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