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Boxing tournament brings much needed recreation to Mfuleni

"We want youth to be active and their parents to see them doing something positive"

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Photo Essay | 23 February 2016

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Where do universities stand on outsourcing?

In the Western Cape, only the University of Cape Town has committed to ending outsourcing

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News | 23 February 2016

Electron micrograph of Human Immunodeficiency Virions.

SA researchers develop tool to detect HIV drug resistance

Paradoxically, it might be more useful in the United States than here

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News | 23 February 2016

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How trade unions reacted to the Sona

Much point-scoring with the one good proposal lost in the noise

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Opinion | 22 February 2016

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Sanco and ANC members clash following house demolitions

Shops closed in protest and ward councillor's house set alight

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News | 22 February 2016

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Diepsloot finally gets a police station

It has opened eight years after initial discussions

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News | 22 February 2016

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Ten things you probably don’t know about HIV in 2016

The HIV world is used to things moving fast, in a way that most medicine just doesn’t.

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Explainer | 22 February 2016

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Klipheuwel’s creche gets by on very little

It's a shack with no toys, but it offers an important community service for working parents

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News | 22 February 2016

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Will Wolwerivier improve soon?

Residents frustrated with communication and security problems

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News | 19 February 2016

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PE refugee centre remains closed in defiance of court order

Applications from new asylum seekers should have been accepted from 9 February

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News | 19 February 2016

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Cursed to use Metrorail

Commuters say they have little choice in public transport

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News | 19 February 2016

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Rhodes Must Fall lays charges against UCT

Non-violent protest part of "a particular colonial mythology" claim students

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News | 18 February 2016

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Cape Town’s bread basket under threat

City says no decision taken yet to develop a third of Philippi farming area

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News | 18 February 2016

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Community voices muted at Alternative Mining Indaba

By giving corporations a bigger stake, the people affected by mining are being marginalised

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Opinion | 18 February 2016

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UWC protesters demand classes stop

Students say university must first clear all debt and registration fees

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News | 17 February 2016

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Still waiting for 2014 matric results

Students camp outside Eastern Cape education department

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News | 17 February 2016

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