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Bereaved father starts drive to fix Limpopo schools

“I don’t want my son to be forgotten. I want his name and memory to live on.”

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News | 20 March 2018

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Advocate accuses Dlamini of lying

Former minister is trying to avoid being held personally liable for court costs

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News | 20 March 2018

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Cape Town housing activist fatally stabbed

Latest of several violent incidents allegedly involving security guards at Helen Bowden Nurses Home

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News | 19 March 2018

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Mfuleni’s evicted land occupiers squat in makeshift communal shacks

“The shack becomes jam-packed in the evening”

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Brief | 19 March 2018

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Evicted residents distressed at prospect of living in Wolwerivier

The temporary relocation area is far from social grant paypoints, medical facilities, shopping malls, work opportunities and the police station

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News | 19 March 2018

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Traders vs Transnet: court case has consequences for informal businesses

Mogwase’s informal traders argue that closing their businesses will make them dependent on the state

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Law | 19 March 2018

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UCT scientists convince City to drill cautiously into aquifer

Environmental group will monitor borehole drilling into Table Mountain Group Aquifer

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News | 19 March 2018

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Women of Glebelands hostel devastated by violence

Part one of a series on political violence and the frustrated search for justice in KwaZulu-Natal

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Feature | 19 March 2018

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PE officials and residents debate land occupations

Municipality encourages people to register on housing database but backyarders say the wait is too long

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News | 16 March 2018

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PRASA lawyers try to stop R59 million payment to Siyaya

Head of legal services claims board chairperson acted without authority

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News | 16 March 2018

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2.5 million people at risk of not receiving social grants on time

Provincial heads at the South African Social Security Agency briefed Parliament on contingency plans

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Parliament | 16 March 2018

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Education department argues it’s not responsible for shoddy schools

Judgment reserved in case on norms and standards in Bhisho High Court

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Law | 16 March 2018

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Don’t take us away from our customers, traders ask Mayor Athol Trollip

Informal vendors in Port Elizabeth relocated to site without customers, water, electricity or toilets

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News | 15 March 2018

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Call for action against abusive churches

Speak the Truth marches in Braamfontein

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News | 15 March 2018

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Equal Education in court against Motshekga over broken schools

Education department says it is dependent on other parts of government to fix schools

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News | 15 March 2018

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Will there be more rain this winter?

The sooner we know the answer, the sooner we can prepare for summer 2019

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Science | 15 March 2018

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