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Cash Paymaster Services signs new SASSA deal

Constitutional Court terms met, says CPS

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Brief | 31 March 2017

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“Crooks who only care about their pockets”

Social grant recipients angry about deductions

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News | 31 March 2017

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We’ll occupy Helen Bowden building for “as long as possible” say activists

No direct action taken yet by provincial government

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News | 31 March 2017

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Man dies from dog bites 39 days later

Many unanswered questions on how Andries Afrikaner came to die

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News | 31 March 2017

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Student undergoes surgery after alleged corporal punishment

Education Department says it will investigate

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Brief | 31 March 2017

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Zuma cabinet reshuffle: what people are saying

GroundUp asked members of the public what they think of the axing of the Minister of Finance

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News | 31 March 2017

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No bail for murderer of sex worker

Mthethwa’s wealth won’t get him different treatment, says judge

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News | 31 March 2017

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“Insourcing at UWC is unaffordable” says university

But dismissed security guards, “desperate to start working”, won’t give up their protest

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Brief | 31 March 2017

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Protests called against Zuma’s cabinet reshuffle

Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan and his deputy have been axed

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Brief | 31 March 2017

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Watch model smash stereotypes in the fashion industry

Lebohang Monyatsi’s disability has not stopped her from chasing her teenage dream

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Video | 31 March 2017

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Elsies River erupts in violent protest after shack demolished

Community says it will stand by the family whose home was torn down

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News | 30 March 2017

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Wheelbarrow in place of a mobile clinic

After the mobile clinic broke down, some of the elderly in Tsaba Village have to be taken by wheelbarrow to the nearest clinic

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Brief | 30 March 2017

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Family of mutilated woman still waiting for an arrest

Zodwa Madlala was killed on 14 January

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Brief | 30 March 2017

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Kathrada funeral in pictures

Ahmed Kathrada was buried on Wednesday 29 March in Westpark Cemetery

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Photo Essay | 29 March 2017

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Sex worker murderer wants bail

Mthethwa says he needs time to get his affairs in order as “potentially a few million rands were at risk”

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News | 29 March 2017

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Battle for toilet cleaning jobs in Gugulethu

Residents stop janitors emptying toilets in protest

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