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Meet David Lee Pearson, the dodgy businessman behind Wescape

He has left behind a string of unpaid "loans"

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Feature | 24 August 2016

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Robertson Winery workers on strike

Workers demand R8,500 a month

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News | 24 August 2016

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Family of murdered Delft woman calls on police to find killers

Body found in bushes identified

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Brief | 23 August 2016

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Right2Know protesters call for Motsoeneng and Muthambi to go

“They are becoming opposition” Motsoeneng reportedly says in Parliament

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Brief | 23 August 2016

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In photos: Fans greet South African Olympians

Wonderful atmosphere at JHB airport

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Photo Essay | 23 August 2016

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Disabled man fetches water with a bucket tied to his crutches

Pietermaritzburg resident has little hope elections will change his plight

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News | 23 August 2016

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Who inherits your partner’s estate if you’re not married?

Constitutional Court will soon give us an answer

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Law | 23 August 2016

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South Africa’s 2016 municipal elections – why the excitement?

An in-depth analysis of the results

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Analysis | 23 August 2016

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Abattoir workers win unfair dismissal case on appeal

Judge Davis criticises formalistic approach by Labour court

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Brief | 22 August 2016

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School denies fee exemption to woman because she’s an asylum seeker

Lawyer and provincial department say school is legally wrong

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News | 22 August 2016

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Zimbabweans march through PE demanding that Mugabe must go

More protests like this needed, says #Tajamuka spokesperson

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News | 22 August 2016

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“Zuma Legacy must fall” says KZN ANC protester

Disgruntled residents protest against new councillors at inauguration

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News | 22 August 2016

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Zimbabwe is desperate - an eyewitness account

Mugabe has failed us

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Opinion | 19 August 2016

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Immigrant shop owners in PE township fed up with police

Perpetrators of xenophobic violence seldom arrested, they complain

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News | 19 August 2016

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Walter Sisulu students clash with police during fees protest

University management says no list of grievances has been received

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Brief | 19 August 2016

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ANC members tell Kgalema Motlanthe: Remove corrupt councillors

Meeting on new legislation turns into complaint session about local government

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News | 18 August 2016

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Sedgefield development

We need to protect and sustain the natural environment. Developmental pressures on dune areas affec… Read more

Why place the burden on WCED?

My question to the applicant would be, why not go to court and challenge why students are not place… Read more

From gold to black and then "stop until further notice"

This is very sad, bordering on abuse really as many elderly people made many trips and waited endle… Read more

Deputy Mayor Eddie Andrews seriously conflicted

It seems a major error of judgment, and a major injustice to the people of Cape Town, that our Mayc… Read more

The VF Plus is dead set against this development

The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) also strongly opposes any form of development on the land and has … Read more