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Backyard veggie gardens put food on the table

Zimbabwean turns from teaching marketing to marketing vegetables

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News | 18 September 2017

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Learners in Limpopo town unable to write exams

Department of Basic Education under fire for shifting blame and not putting in place contingency plans

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Parliament | 15 September 2017

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John Fredericks: “I’ve been labelled a skollie all my life”

Author talks about how his acclaimed movie is helping to change lives on the Cape Flats

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Interview | 15 September 2017

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Police confirm investigation into shooting of Ona Dubula

Teenager is recovering in hospital

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News | 15 September 2017

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City of Cape Town to provide eight new spaces for homeless people

Councillor admits current law enforcement approach a “lost cause” that’s “foolish” to continue

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News | 15 September 2017

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Women farm workers’ rights routinely violated

Government unresponsive say workers

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News | 15 September 2017

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How beer is smuggled across the border and sold in Springs

“This is real Zimbabwe beer, a sweet memory of home”

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News | 15 September 2017

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West Coast phosphate mine stopped - for now

Activists and state departments fear Elandsfontein mine could damage area

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News | 15 September 2017

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Mayhem in Hangberg after Deputy Minister of Police cancels imbizo

Construction vehicle burnt as residents and police clash

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Brief | 14 September 2017

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UCT and five unions reach agreement

Second notice of strike by insourced workers withdrawn

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Brief | 14 September 2017

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In photos: Cape Town’s affordable housing sites

City has committed to turning 13 sites near the city centre into homes for low-income households

Text by Will Yoder. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.

Photo Essay | 14 September 2017

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R66 million paid out to former miners with silicosis

Q(h)ubeka Trust reports back after first 16 months

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Feature | 14 September 2017

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Judge urges Bromwell Street parties to mediate

“It is tragic that people would have to go to Wolwerivier [when] there could have been some place closer to Woodstock for them to stay”

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Law | 14 September 2017

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Hout Bay shows how desperately we need good police leadership

Police commissioners’ silence following shooting of Ona Dubula is shameful

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GroundView | 14 September 2017

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IPID to investigate shooting of teenage boy

Case of attempted murder has been opened

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Brief | 14 September 2017

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A history of violence: police action in Hout Bay

Fourteen-year-old boy has surgery to remove rubber bullet

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