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Border War veterans fall through the cracks of reconciliation

“32 Battalion raped our women. They killed our brothers and sisters. It’s painful living with the legacy of their oppression.”

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Feature | 19 November 2018

32 Battalion veterans left in limbo in forgotten military town

Pomfret is in decline and its 3,000 Portuguese speaking residents face an uncertain future

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Feature | 14 November 2018

Fisheries department rots from the top

A factional war lays bare a culture of corruption

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Feature | 12 November 2018

Police accused of torturing suspects in murder case

Men who “confessed” under torture were later acquitted in court

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Feature | 8 November 2018

“Mommy mommy, they just shot Dylan!”

Dylan Pelton, a teenage victim of Bonteheuwel’s gang violence, would have turned 20 on 5 November

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Feature | 5 November 2018

Rape trials are long, expensive and difficult

Frequent postponements are frustrating and emotionally draining for both the accused and accuser

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Feature | 31 October 2018

New leaked reports show why train security has collapsed

Roy Moodley implicated in deals worth over R300 million

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Feature | 30 October 2018

Wrongfully convicted men struggle to get compensation

“The state arrested me unlawfully and they don’t care about how my life is affected”

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Feature | 9 October 2018

They were forcibly removed under apartheid. Now they want their land back. But it’s occupied.

And a planned mega-housing project also stands in their way

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Feature | 8 October 2018

Lottery money goes to waste as school falls apart

R28.3 million handed over to a boxing promoter with no experience in construction

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Feature | 5 October 2018

Zwelitsha shack-dwellers are building their own toilets and roads

Settlement not a priority, says City of Cape Town

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Feature | 14 September 2018

No justice for assassinated Abahlali activists

Investigating officer claimed no knowledge of S’fiso Ngcobo’s case, hung up the phone, and blocked our number

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Feature | 12 September 2018

“I called the police many times but they never came”

What victims and perpetrators of Soweto’s xenophobic violence say

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Feature | 10 September 2018

We will not be intimidated, says Abahlali leader

Activists defy persistent threats in KZN

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Feature | 5 September 2018

Puppets bring the dangers of drugs to life

Ukwanda Puppet Collective on school tour

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Feature | 31 August 2018