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Have you started your water committee yet?

Here’s how we’re preparing for Day Zero

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Explainer | 26 January 2018

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Parents blame unqualified teacher for poor results

Eastern Cape Department of Education fails to replace him despite years of complaints

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Brief | 26 January 2018

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It’s already Day Zero in Siyahlala

Living with 20 litres of water a day

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Photo Essay | 26 January 2018

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Dlamini defends her decision to ignore legal advice

She was advised in October 2016 to inform the Constitutional Court urgently that SASSA was not ready to take over the social grant payment system

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News | 25 January 2018

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We can’t afford a bigger salary increase, says DUT management

Negotiations between unions and university management stalled

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Brief | 25 January 2018

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Pietermaritzburg blockaded by taxi drivers

Protest against high traffic fines leaves residents stranded

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News | 25 January 2018

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Slow progress for victims of huge Durban fire

Municipality accused of failing to provide vital information after Foreman Road disaster

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News | 25 January 2018

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Dlamini blames Magwaza at SASSA hearing

Judge scolds Minister of Social Development for evasive answers

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News | 25 January 2018

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Day Zero and Cape Town’s cacophony of chaos

Mmusi Maimane’s approach to the water crisis is wrong

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GroundView | 24 January 2018

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Apartheid-era gatherings act declared unconstitutional

Victory for Social Justice Coalition after protest

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News | 24 January 2018

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“It is me who must fix the police” says Mbalula

Mogale City: police minister promises quick action against drug dealers and corrupt cops

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News | 24 January 2018

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Dlamini: I didn’t know SASSA would miss deadline

Minister says she was warned very late

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Brief | 23 January 2018

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No trains, late trains, trains which stop in the middle of nowhere: that’s Metrorail

Central Line services still suspended

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Brief | 23 January 2018

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Kraaifontein parents demand places in school for their children

Education department says parents registered late

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News | 23 January 2018

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Milnerton police beat us up for no reason, say two Dunoon residents

Men lay charges of assault after being pepper-sprayed, punched and beaten

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News | 23 January 2018

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Zimbabweans in SA tied up in red tape as permit deadline approaches

Applicants for permits are rejected if they do not have a valid Zimbabwean passport, even if they’ve applied for one

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News | 23 January 2018

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