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Township residents occupy city old age home

CPOA says it intended to upgrade Observatory building, but new residents say they will not move

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Feature | 1 October 2019

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Angolan former refugees face uncertain future

Special permits expire at the end of 2021

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News | 1 October 2019

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KZN woman can’t get an ID because she’s “dead”

Home Affairs insists Noluvu Mathumbu died in 2007

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News | 1 October 2019

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Court grants prisoner permission to use his laptop

Denying laptop infringed Mbalenhle Ntuli’s right to study, says judge

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News | 1 October 2019

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Satire and the City: Zombies and a dead president protest in Cape Town

Housing activists compare City’s housing policies to apartheid era

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Photo Essay | 30 September 2019

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One dead and over 80 homeless after Strand fire

Delivery man whose car caught alight says he does not know how he will resume work

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Brief | 30 September 2019

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Hundreds of Limpopo health workers march in Polokwane

Workers demand to be paid for extra hours and for staff shortages to be addressed

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Brief | 30 September 2019

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Dwindling water supply could lead to “job blood-bath” says Business Chamber

Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality dams at 36%

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Brief | 30 September 2019

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Cape Town tennis academy is changing lives - and making champions

“People were hesitant to fund something like kids playing tennis when there might be so many other pressing problems in South Africa”

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Feature | 30 September 2019

Elections 2026

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We are doing in depth reports on municipalities across the country ahead of the 2026 local elections.

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Cape Flats murders are on the rise

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What the latest tests say about beach water quality in Durban and Cape Town

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