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Feud over electricity in East London

Residents in RDP houses blame illegal connections for power failures

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News | 17 November 2016

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Blind man has to walk three kilometres to fetch water

The daily struggle of Ernest Mdunge and his disabled sister

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News | 16 November 2016

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Small scale fishers say they face bleak Christmas

Protesters say government policy designed to empower them is failing

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News | 16 November 2016

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Social grant recipients want answers from SASSA

Pietermaritzburg beneficiaries still waiting for their money

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Brief | 16 November 2016

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R380,000 grant for community food gardens spent on hotel bills

National Development Agency to file complaint with police against Khayelitsha Development Forum

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News | 16 November 2016

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Housing activists block access to Public Works department

They protested that the Western Cape government's feasibility study on the controversial Tafelberg property is overdue

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News | 15 November 2016

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Advertising watchdog placed under Business Rescue

Lawyers will represent the institution on contingency basis in key upcoming court case

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News | 15 November 2016

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Ballet on the rise in JHB

Children from Alexandra, Soweto, Braamfontein and Hillbrow are being trained in classical dance

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Brief | 15 November 2016

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Way of life restored for Langebaan fishers

Fishers win the right to use Zone B on Langebaan lagoon

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News | 15 November 2016

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Fired workers block access to public toilets

Cleaners in Uitenhage say they have been "tricked"

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News | 14 November 2016

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Refugee sleeps better selling pillows

Tafadzwa Mukwayo makes pillows out of recycled material, and sells them

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News | 14 November 2016

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ANC members tire of waiting for imposed ward councillors to resign

Residents of King William's Town and Qunu protest against councillors

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News | 14 November 2016

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Concourt takes firm stand against racism

Racism can no longer be glossed over, accommodated or excused

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Law | 14 November 2016

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Communities blame each other for housing stalemate

Problem started when formal home owners didn’t want shacks near them

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News | 11 November 2016

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Domestic workers’ union says wage increase is too small

“If we take the decision to stop our services a lot of people would suffer.“

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News | 11 November 2016

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Night patrols started in Masiphumelele

Many residents believe it will reduce crime

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