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New school already crammed beyond capacity

Parents demand Enkanini Primary admit their children amidst public transport collapse

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News | 7 May 2018

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Western Cape government fails to explain security contract

GroundUp has now submitted a request under the access to public information act

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Brief | 7 May 2018

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Hawks fail to stop court application

Prasa and OUTA case to compel Hawks to investigate corruption can proceed

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Brief | 4 May 2018

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First year firefighter rises to the top

Amiena Pillay received the award for Best Seasonal Firefighter from the City of Cape Town

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Interview | 4 May 2018

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Bus driver explains why he’s on strike

Unpaid work time, long hours, no time with his family

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News | 4 May 2018

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New evidence adds spice to vital eviction case

SJC video shows shacks were occupied when Law Enforcement removed them

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Law | 4 May 2018

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Hundreds of teachers protest as KZN MEC tables budget

“The money doesn’t reach the schools. We are tired of the department’s corruption”

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Brief | 4 May 2018

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Shack dwellers live in filth in Kraaifontein

Residents depend on neighbours in RDP houses for basic services

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News | 4 May 2018

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Sick miners to get up to R500k

Historic settlement reached in silicosis case

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News | 3 May 2018

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Mitchells Plain and Siqalo residents hold crisis meeting

“If we start a racial war in this country, it is going to help no one.”

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News | 3 May 2018

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Tembisa residents meet councillors to discuss reblocking concerns

Speaker of Ekurhuleni Council to visit Vusimuzi to see conditions

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Brief | 3 May 2018

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Treasury shoots down CPS social grant payment fee

R51 recommended to Constitutional Court instead of R67 per cash beneficiary

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News | 3 May 2018

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Cape Flats residents criticise poor service at clinics

Long waiting times, rude nursing staff, and patient folders go missing, say residents

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News | 3 May 2018

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“We share classes with cows” says learner

Education department fobs off school’s complaint

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News | 3 May 2018

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Evicted occupiers bed down outside Civic Centre

Protest comes ahead of court case to decide if demolitions carried out by the City of Cape Town are legal

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Brief | 3 May 2018

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Violent clashes between Mitchells Plain and Siqalo residents

30 people arrested for public violence

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