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PE families live with burst sewer pipe for three years

Municipality fails to keep promises

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News | 28 March 2017

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Occupiers of church land demand water and sanitation

City says it cannot provide services on Moravian land in Pella

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News | 28 March 2017

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Rival taxi groups strike peace deal

Truce follows weeks of violence over Delft and Nyanga routes

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Brief | 28 March 2017

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Ahmed Kathrada has died

“Kathy” was one of the most well-known, well-liked and respected leaders of the South African revolution

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Obituary | 28 March 2017

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Silicosis: the shifting sands of compensation for sick miners

Demutualisation of insurer adds new twist

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Opinion | 28 March 2017

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Port St Johns learners have to be sent home when it rains

Five years on and school hasn’t been fixed

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News | 28 March 2017

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Activists start occupation to demand social housing

Premier Helen Zille says action is “less than honest”

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News | 27 March 2017

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Shack fire claims life of 28-year-old

GroundUp reporter Sabelo Mpana was at the scene

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Brief | 27 March 2017

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School books and uniforms taken by sheriff in shack demolition

“It is becoming difficult to explain our situation to school teachers because this is the third time,” says 15-year-old

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News | 27 March 2017

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Sewage “spilling continuously” into Butterworth river

Residents and livestock suffer while year-old leak is unfixed

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News | 27 March 2017

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Silicosis: unpacking the gold mines’ strategy

Settlement plan as court date approaches

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Opinion | 27 March 2017

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Housing activists occupy state-owned buildings near Cape Town centre

Civil disobedience action follows provincial government’s decision not to build social housing on Tafelberg property in Sea Point

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News | 27 March 2017

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Delft taxi war calms down

Police call for people not to spread panic on social media

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News | 24 March 2017

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Philippi High students march to Provincial legislature

Learners have been protesting over conditions in the school for years

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Brief | 24 March 2017

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Street lights don’t work in Mdantsane

Residents complain about crime

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News | 24 March 2017

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Paarl families living in apartheid hostels

Some residents have been waiting since the 1980s and 90s to convert their accommodation to family units

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