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Energy minister insists on nuclear

Committee demands clarity on costs but gets none

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Parliament | 23 November 2017

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Protesters demand equal distribution of police officers

Case on SAPS resources will be heard next week

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News | 22 November 2017

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Day 8: Education department had funds to fix toilet in which Michael Komape drowned

Expert witness gives damning testimony against Limpopo government

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Law | 22 November 2017

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uMlazi swamped by rubbish and sewage

Residents accuse municipality of neglect, while councillor says residents must clean their own mess

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News | 22 November 2017

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Kraaifontein sports complex stripped by vandals

City says it will cost one million rand and take three years to restore

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Brief | 22 November 2017

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Trollip offers R25,000 reward to catch electricity and water saboteurs

Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality says supply to poor areas is being sabotaged on weekends

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Brief | 22 November 2017

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Rent instead of owning: Is it a better model for low-income housing?

We explain an important part of the government housing programme

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Feature | 22 November 2017

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Day 7: Limpopo education department a “quagmire” of maladministration

“We drew attention to life-threatening situations in schools … it is not good enough to say there is no budget.”

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News | 21 November 2017

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Robert Mugabe resigns

Celebration in the streets of Harare

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Photo Essay | 21 November 2017

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Post Office will get deal to pay social grants by Friday

MPs still concerned with timeline of implementing the new payment system

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Parliament | 21 November 2017

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Butterworth’s R14-million public pool nears completion after nine years

But there is no water to fill it

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News | 21 November 2017

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Farm workers accuse police and farmers of working “hand in glove”

Dispute on Eastern Cape farm after video shows farmer pulling down family’s home extension.

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News | 21 November 2017

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Popular Khayelitsha coffee shop closed by burglary

Owners of Department of Coffee are hoping to reopen if they can raise the capital to replace stolen coffee machines

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Brief | 21 November 2017

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Human Rights Commission hears of abuses in remote towns

SAHRC says it wants to be “more accessible” to people living far from big cities

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News | 21 November 2017

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Day 6: Court hears of terrible condition of Limpopo’s school toilets

Photographs shows that the school toilets where Michael Komape died were in poor condition

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Law | 20 November 2017

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Students shut down University of Zimbabwe

They call for President Robert Mugabe and Vice Chancellor Levi Nyagura to step down

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News | 20 November 2017

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