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Police unit probes shooting of Hout Bay teenager

Ona Dubula was shot in the mouth during a protest in September

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Brief | 19 January 2018

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Police vehicle petrol-bombed in Hoërskool Overvaal protests

Local ANC leader says some parents want to meet to find a way forward

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News | 18 January 2018

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Dis-Chem accused of victimising union members

Workers on strike at retailer’s warehouse

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News | 18 January 2018

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Facts and myths about Cape Town’s water crisis

As Day Zero approaches, nonsense is being spread

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Analysis | 18 January 2018

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Cape Town teacher accused of sexual assault appears in court

Trial to start in May

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Brief | 18 January 2018

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Trains on Cape Town’s Central Line suspended again

Metrorail and UNTU blame vandalism

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Brief | 18 January 2018

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Another child drowns in Addo’s killer canal

Children say they have nowhere else to play

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News | 18 January 2018

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No shelters for homeless people in East London

Fourteen people live in a public toilet

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News | 18 January 2018

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Scathing judgment against Ekurhuleni municipality for 17-year housing delay

Court orders that homes must be built by end of year

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Law | 18 January 2018

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Seven years on, Zuma’s promise of free sanitary pads has not been kept

But the Department of Women has a plan

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News | 18 January 2018

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In photos: Protests and violence at Afrikaans high school

Dispute over language admission policy boils over

By GroundUp Reporter

Photo Essay | 17 January 2018

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Students turned away at Unisa Pietermaritzburg campus

Workers on strike following wage dispute

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Brief | 17 January 2018

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Metrorail Central Line to operate again after PRASA promises better security

Union and management reach a deal

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News | 17 January 2018

I learner trips over his foot on the first day of school

“Walking bus” volunteers help Nyanga learners get safely to school

Parents volunteer to make sure learners are not robbed

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Photo Essay | 17 January 2018

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Ten years in prison not enough for cop who killed my daughter, says Durban mother

“Justice is not rightly served when police are involved”

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News | 17 January 2018

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Here’s how unfairly police are distributed

Suburbs like Sea Point, Claremont and Camps Bay have far more officers per resident than Nyanga. Why?

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Analysis | 17 January 2018

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