School students marching with banners

We are targets for crime, say school students

Students march to demand safer schools

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News | 26 April 2016

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Blikkiesdorp residents demand to know where they’re to be moved

Protesters march to Civic Centre

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News | 26 April 2016

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McDonald’s shooting: family suspects police cover-up

Sister of dead man still in the dark

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News | 26 April 2016

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Sewage leaks from Langa’s apartment blocks

Hundreds of people are living in abject conditions in City-maintained flats

Text by Naib Mian. Photos by Masixole Feni.

News | 26 April 2016

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“I want them to feel my love before I die”

Khayelitsha mother longs to bring her disabled daughters home

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News | 26 April 2016

People waiting on a station

Metrorail diary: Tuesday

In the second of a series of short reports, Bernard Chiguvare describes his daily battle to get to work using Metrorail.

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News | 26 April 2016

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Bonteheuwel residents demand more police

“There has been shooting on a daily basis” says resident of 50 years

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News | 25 April 2016

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Why didn’t police stop looting of immigrant shops in Dunoon?

“The police shouldn’t just protect South Africans”

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Feature | 25 April 2016

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Metrorail diary: Monday

In the first of a series of short reports, Bernard Chiguvare describes his daily battle to get to work using Metrorail.

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News | 25 April 2016

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“My school looks like a place for cows”

Eastern Cape students march on Bhisho

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News | 25 April 2016

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Cape Town flooded

Storm damages homes and knocks over trees

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Brief | 22 April 2016

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Quest for water in an Eastern Cape village

In March I visited a village in Pondoland in the Eastern Cape for two weeks as part of GroundUp's investigation into the province's dagga trade.

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Photo Essay | 22 April 2016

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Meet the entrepreneur who wants to bring cinema to Khayelitsha

Pilot cinema project set to launch at Lookout Hill in June

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News | 22 April 2016

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Copesville protesters burn councillor’s offices

“People are fed-up with promises”

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News | 22 April 2016

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Buffalo City workers block roads with burning tyres

Samwu demands a R2,000 wage increase

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News | 22 April 2016

Photo of woman walking past derelict park in Lavender Hill

Where do the children play? Lavender Hill’s derelict facilities

Residents call for upgrades to help end gangsterism

Text by Barbara Maregele. Photos by Naib Main.

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