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Compensation Fund has failed stab victim

Thamsanqa Mtyobeni’s fate part of “huge national crisis” says hospital director

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News | 9 November 2016

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Concourt to determine rights of detained immigrants

People detained for crimes currently have more access to the courts than undocumented immigrants

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Law | 9 November 2016

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Proposed Wolwerivier expansion is disastrous for Woodstock tenants

Removal plans to be laid bare in Bromwell Street court case on 9 November

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Opinion | 8 November 2016

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Social grant recipients sent home empty-handed

Systems are down, Pietermaritzburg beneficiaries told

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News | 8 November 2016

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Science and decolonisation: a way forward

“Science is an international endeavour - it doesn’t only belong to the West”

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Opinion | 8 November 2016

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Medical lawsuits threaten to derail the health system

South African hospitals need drastic reform to avoid disaster

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News | 8 November 2016

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Toilet breakdown in Masiphumelele

“It's like my house is a toilet” says resident

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News | 8 November 2016

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Stampede for securitisation of UCT clouds logical argument

A response to Judge Dennis Davis by members of Staff for Social Justice in Education

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Right to reply | 8 November 2016

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Students attempt to disrupt exams at UWC

Security guards, police and protesters clash

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Brief | 7 November 2016

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Spar store closed by protest

Owner says the issues are under arbitration and cannot comment

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News | 7 November 2016

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South Africa attempts to stop the work of UN gay rights watchdog

LGBTI activists alarmed and disappointed

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News | 7 November 2016

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Battle over different visions for Bo-Kaap

Residents association wants market forces that are gentrifying the area to be replaced with co-operative housing

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Feature | 7 November 2016

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University interdicts: what do they mean and to whom do they apply?

In the wake of Fees Must Fall protests, institutions are using the courts to complete the academic year

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Law | 7 November 2016

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UCT and protesters reach agreement

Shackville TRC group undertakes not to disrupt exams, while university grants clemency

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News | 7 November 2016

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University students help rural learners stay in school

DUT students deliver sanitary pads

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News | 7 November 2016

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Women who fought apartheid commend achievements of Fees Must Fall

"We call for a cessation of all hostilities so that we can secure a climate for an inclusive discourse that moves us forward"

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