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Masiphumelele upgrade plan approved but Noordhoek group’s appeal still pending

Provincial government says it is “critical” for the informal settlement to be upgraded as living conditions are “undesirable and unacceptable”

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News | 28 August 2020

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No hope of Cape Town central line resuming any time soon

Services gradually being extended on other lines

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News | 28 August 2020

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Moral panic over human trafficking is hurting children, says report

State is using anti-trafficking measures “to justify practices that violate” rights

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News | 27 August 2020

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Covid-19: Patients complain of long clinic queues but officials are trying to fix this

“No patient has been turned away”

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News | 27 August 2020

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Funeral collectives help Malawians repatriate the dead

Sending bodies home has become more expensive since Covid-19 struck

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News | 26 August 2020

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Why don’t more homeless people go to shelters?

Most are full, say homeless people in response to City of Cape Town

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News | 26 August 2020

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Residents dissatisfied as ANC chief whip returns to troubled Stutterheim

“They sent back the person who failed us”

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News | 26 August 2020

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Woman with concrete slab told her house is complete

About 250 foundations laid in 2014 still have no RDP houses on them

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News | 26 August 2020

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Can you guess the order these photos were taken?

An expensive troubled bridge over water

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News | 26 August 2020

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Eight-year-old Clarence Solomons died over a housing dispute he had nothing to do with

Councillor and resident give contradictory accounts of what led to demolition of home that led to fatal protest

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News | 25 August 2020

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PRASA appointment unlawful, says court

#UniteBehind took Fikile Mbalula to court for appointing Bongisizwe Mpondo as administrator

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News | 25 August 2020

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Cash-strapped commuters relieved that trains have resumed

PRASA says it’s working to restore services on routes hardest hit by theft and vandalism during lockdown

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News | 25 August 2020

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Dire conditions in Eastern Cape clinics made worse by pandemic

“In the fight against Covid-19, we have neglected primary health care” says Human Rights Commission official

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News | 24 August 2020

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City withdraws advert to lease golf club for less than R1k per month

Controversy mounts over Cape Town’s low leases for leisure activity properties amid housing shortage

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News | 24 August 2020

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Taxi violence in Jeffreys Bay leaves commuters stranded all week

Driver with unlicensed firearm arrested

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News | 21 August 2020

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Thousands of long-term child centre jobs on the line

Early childhood development centres countrywide protest for assistance from Social Development Minister

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News | 21 August 2020