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Community leaders oppose Makhaza occupation

“I have been on the housing database for years, but I still have no house” says occupier

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News | 27 July 2020

SANDF cuts Happiness Village off from the world, places community leader under house arrest

Lawyers say army has no right to conduct “military exercises” in and around the informal settlement

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News | 26 July 2020

Judge Makhubele skips Zondo Commission due to “trauma” after tyre puncture

Judge Zondo orders that Makhubele return to give oral testimony on 3 August

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News | 24 July 2020

SJC head Axolile Notywala arrested

Witness claims arrested activists were filming police but not obstructing them

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News | 24 July 2020

At least four arrested during #ServeUsPlease protest

Police use a water cannon and stun grenades to disperse about 200 peaceful protesters

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News | 24 July 2020

Zimbabweans who missed food assistance deadline are desperate

Many immigrants are struggling to get food in South Africa

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News | 24 July 2020

District Six: This time the bulldozers are there to build houses

Long-buried houses revealed as diggers clear the site for housing

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News | 24 July 2020

Covid-19 hits East Rand hard

Benoni shelter battles increase in poverty

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News | 24 July 2020

Eastern Cape’s Covid-19 denialists

As deaths surge, Furnworld openly breaks vital regulations

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News | 23 July 2020

Municipality “deep cleans” shacks but there is no evidence this is useful against Covid-19

“We want residents to be relocated to better places in order for us to defeat this virus” says community leader

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News | 23 July 2020

Two schools torched in protest for land

“They are threatening our future. This year is already hard with Covid-19” says matric student

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News | 23 July 2020

Mystery fires destroy cars on premises of Lottery corruption witnesses

Police investigating arson in both cases

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News | 23 July 2020

Cooking up a storm: restaurant staff protest across South Africa

Curfew and alcohol ban cited as major factors as the industry sheds thousands of jobs

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News | 22 July 2020

Learners demand solid classrooms after storm destroys prefabs

MEC says her department has acquired land in the area. Phased in occupancy could start in 2022

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News | 22 July 2020

Whistleblower report reveals widespread health care corruption

Elderly, women and children most affected, says Corruption Watch

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News | 22 July 2020

79-year-old in housing occupation faces eviction

Only 54 houses built in six years instead of 600 in Nigel housing project

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News | 22 July 2020