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Youth commemorate sacrifices of the past and protest about the present

Celebrations and demonstrations held around the country on 16 June

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Photo Essay | 19 June 2017

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Bakkie drivers protest against law banning lifts to learners

They say they’re needed because school transport is a shambles

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News | 19 June 2017

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Khayelitsha backyarders clash with police

People describe their desperation for a place to call home

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News | 19 June 2017

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Former Aids council head criticises government plan

But Fareed Abdullah says it is not too late to improve it

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News | 17 June 2017

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Police defend controversial protest law in court

Notice to protest not in conflict with constitutional rights, argues Minister of Police

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Law | 16 June 2017

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Aids Council responds to corruption allegations

Civil society organisations called “malicious”

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News | 15 June 2017

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Sex workers demonstrate during Cyril Ramaphosa’s speech

South African National AIDS Council did not include decriminalising sex work in its HIV strategy plan

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News | 15 June 2017

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Constitutional Court orders probe into minister’s conduct

Bathabile Dlamini may yet have to pay court costs out of her own pocket

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Law | 15 June 2017

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Thousands left stranded by Johannesburg taxi blockade

Talks between taxi association and SA Taxi Finance Holdings broke down

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News | 15 June 2017

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Number of police in Western Cape declining

And further cuts to police force nationally are on the way

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Brief | 15 June 2017

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Men at higher risk of not getting HIV under control

In a massive study, about 85% of patients on antiretrovirals had got the virus down to acceptable levels in their blood

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News | 15 June 2017

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Eastern Cape woman’s 23 year struggle to correct her ID

Nomboxo Kafile can’t access her old age grant because of the error

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News | 15 June 2017

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Refugees struggle to renew papers at Home Affairs

Asylum seekers from Somalia face unexplained delays and shabby treatment at the foreshore office

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News | 15 June 2017

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Paddling across Cape Town

The health of the city can be seen in the condition of its waterways

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Opinion | 15 June 2017

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Protest law under scrutiny in court

SJC argues that criminalising “peaceful” protesters is unconstitutional

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Law | 15 June 2017

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South Africa is making progress against its most deadly disease

Number of new cases is dropping

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News | 14 June 2017

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