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Cigarettes and dagga on Metrorail trains

Officially, all trains are non-smoking, but …

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Brief | 6 December 2017

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Train safety: auditors recommend criminal investigations at PRASA

Forensic probe reveals millions of rands in irregular security contracts

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News | 6 December 2017

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Drought: Has Cape Town planned properly for Day Zero?

There are several unanswered questions

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Analysis | 6 December 2017

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Court rules in favour of mother tongue education

Bursary scheme favours student teachers from rural areas

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Law | 6 December 2017

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Rape survivors deserve privacy in court, says Rape Crisis

Call for Khayelitsha to have a special sexual offences court

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News | 5 December 2017

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We save people, but who is saving us from crime? ask paramedics

Unions march to Parliament to demand protection

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News | 5 December 2017

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What happens when people in state housing cannot pay the rent?

A look at what happened at Steenvilla, Cape Town’s largest social housing complex

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Feature | 5 December 2017

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Don’t separate husbands and wives in shelters, says court

Residents of shelters have rights to privacy and dignity, Constitutional Court finds

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Law | 5 December 2017

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Lufthansa named in irregular PRASA contract

R15m deal is an example of chaotic way rail company was managed

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News | 4 December 2017

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Social grants falling as share of state expenditure

Yet percentage of people living in poverty has grown

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Opinion | 4 December 2017

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Failure of commuter rail is a crime against urban poor

“I am appealing to employers to empathise with staff who rely on rail to get to work”

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Opinion | 4 December 2017

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Zuma promised me a house

73-year-old amputee lives alone in dilapidated mud home

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Brief | 1 December 2017

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City promises Mfuleni shack dwellers toilets and electricity in 2018

45 families in Ligwa beg to use neighbours’ toilets

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News | 1 December 2017

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Waiting by the roadside desperate for work

The official unemployment rate in the Eastern Cape has risen to over 32%

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News | 1 December 2017

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Police say crime, not its policies, affect the poor

Judge quotes constitution to police: it’s their duty to prevent, combat and investigate crime

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Law | 1 December 2017

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Activists hold mock trial of Zuma

While there was much laughter, Brett Herron’s testimony was haunting

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