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Letters to the editor: our answer to the comments “problem”

Comments will remain for now, but letters will be quality controlled and much more prominent

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Explainer | 3 May 2016

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Masiphumelele in lockdown

Roads blocked and workers and learners told to stay home

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Brief | 3 May 2016

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Rhodes Must Fall Leader tells waiter: “We will give tip when you return the land”

Observatory worker reduced to tears

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News | 29 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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Believe in free independent media? Here’s something small you can do

We're four years old. Help us be around for at least forty more.

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Explainer | 13 April 2016

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Dunoon backyarders protest at civic centre

They demand land to build houses

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News | 8 April 2016

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The week in political activism

A roundup of some of the activities of civil society organisations

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News | 31 March 2016

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Activists take police minister to court

Demand equitable allocation of resources between rich and poor areas

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News | 30 March 2016

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“Mobilise for a week of outrage” against Gupta crisis

Here is what social movement leaders are saying about the ANC NEC meeting, President Zuma and the Gupta family

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News | 23 March 2016