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Teachers oppose 20% pass mark for maths

"We are setting these children up for failure”

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News | 8 December 2016

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Campaign collects names of murdered sex workers

Unsolved cases collect  dust in police files, says activist

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Brief | 8 December 2016

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Informal couriers beat Zimbabwe import ban

“Malaicha” explain that prices include cost of bribes

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News | 8 December 2016

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Straight or gay: Who inherits when you die?

Constitutional Court rules in favour of same sex partner

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Law | 8 December 2016

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Bus fares to Zimbabwe double in December

Companies cash in on holiday demand

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News | 7 December 2016

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Salt River family ordered to leave their home of 11 years

Nooran Dreyer and her family must leave tomorrow

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News | 7 December 2016

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Free State’s R380 million ghost hospital

Albert Nzula Hospital stands almost empty after two years

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Feature | 6 December 2016

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We need a TAC for mental health, says state psychiatrist

People most likely to need help have the least access

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News | 6 December 2016

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Old age pensioners should get funeral insurance, says Black Sash

Amendments to Social Assistance Act proposed

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News | 6 December 2016

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Unhappiness over Metrorail’s selective shuttle alternatives

Vandalism and copper wire theft bedevil trains

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News | 6 December 2016

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Court victory for Pollsmoor prisoners

“How do human beings live in a detention facility while there are rats?” asks judge

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News | 5 December 2016

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Ethics of our Table Mountain mugger article

Story is in the public interest

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GroundView | 5 December 2016

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Paralysed man gets his medication

Compensation Fund apologises

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Brief | 5 December 2016

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Ekapa and zama-zamas fight over mining rights

Will Department of Mineral Resources use the opportunity to regulate small-miners?

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Law | 5 December 2016

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Ekapa case shows South Africa’s stark inequalities

Mining companies and government move to end livelihoods of thousands of informal miners

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Opinion | 5 December 2016

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Table Mountain’s easy targets: On the trail with a Hout Bay mugger

"You can do whatever you want. You can get away quickly. It's easy."

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