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Court ruling protects people from homelessness

Judgment clarifies what must happen in eviction hearings

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Law | 12 June 2017

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Cape Town gets clinic for sex workers

Facility aims to provide health care to people who are often stigmatised in the state system

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News | 12 June 2017

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City clears the air in Lower Crossroads

A drain that let off a stench of human waste since December has been fixed

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Brief | 12 June 2017

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Police accused of failing in Phoenix

Milnerton Community Policing Forum barred from security meetings

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News | 12 June 2017

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Will the Zimbabwe Special Permit be renewed?

Zimbabwean immigrants want clarity as permit expires in six months

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Brief | 9 June 2017

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Workers fear job losses after forestry burns

200 people evacuated from Longmore Sawmill

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News | 9 June 2017

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“K” word rant sparks protest

17-year-old learner has been suspended from school

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Brief | 9 June 2017

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Gale overturns shacks in Mfuleni and Khayelitsha

City’s informal settlement residents battle to stay dry and warm during this week’s storm

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Photo Essay | 9 June 2017

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Man dies in raid by Red Ants

Accusations of theft and assault against eviction squad in Ivory Park

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Feature | 9 June 2017

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Here is the list of art destroyed on UCT

David Goldblatt and Breyten Breytenbach condemn “censorship”

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News | 9 June 2017

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Vrygrond woman’s struggle to keep daycare centre open

Parents can’t afford to fund the facility with fees but an NGO is helping

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News | 9 June 2017

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Don’t ignore us, plead residents of small Cape Town neighbourhood

Ward councillor is missing in action

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News | 8 June 2017

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Authorities remove community primary school

Joe Slovo Park parents had started a makeshift school for 400 learners. Education department sayschildren will be accommodated elsewhere.

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Brief | 8 June 2017

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Lull in the storm: Capetonians pick up the pieces

Communities in Macassar Village and Taiwan section of Khayelitsha mopped up, tried to keep warm and assessed the damage

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Photo Essay | 8 June 2017

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Land occupiers say “we will die fighting for our shacks”

Protest turns violent after High Court eviction order served on Ehlovini shack dwellers

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News | 8 June 2017

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In photos: Cape Town’s tempest

At least five dead, and many lose their homes

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Photo Essay | 8 June 2017

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