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Health department boss calls for investigation into Glenda Gray

But leading scientist comes out in defence of MRC president

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News | 22 May 2020

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Evictions: When is a shack occupied and when is it not?

The battle to find out which criteria are used by the City of Cape Town

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News | 22 May 2020

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“I slept outside SASSA for two days with my child” says mom desperate for help

The line outside the offices in Long Street has been snaking for days

Photos by Ashraf Hendricks

News | 21 May 2020

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Covid-19: Groote Schuur on the brink

Hospital manager implores doctors to show up for duty

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News | 21 May 2020

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Dunoon leaders say they were not consulted on de-densification plans

Provincial government says stakeholder engagement will take place on Thursday

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News | 21 May 2020

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“There can be no justification for torture, ever” – top brass tell police

Police who refuse to comply with internal directive may be held personally liable

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News | 21 May 2020

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Arcadia Place: City of Cape Town moves against occupiers

Several fines and one arrest

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News | 20 May 2020

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Immigrant spaza shop owners asked for “donations” to protect them from criminals

This is extortion, say police

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News | 20 May 2020

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Covid-19: Durban workers without pay as company fails to declare them with UIF

Over R14 billion paid to about 2.5 million workers during lockdown, says labour department

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News | 20 May 2020

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School children sell cigarettes to help parents make ends meet

“Selling cigarettes helps buy food for my family,” says 12-year-old

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News | 20 May 2020

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Covid-19: Sanitation is a struggle in Kleinbegin in the winelands

People in Tulbagh informal settlement demand water tanks

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News | 19 May 2020

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Zimbabweans in SA welcome new service to send groceries home

“Mukuru Groceries has solved my problem” says mom whose children still live in Zimbabwe

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News | 18 May 2020

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New HIV prevention injection shown to be very effective

“Cabotegravir dosed every two months can successfully reduce HIV acquisition in at-risk MSM and transgender women”

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News | 18 May 2020

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Limpopo residents collect water from construction pit

Municipality says work on a water project in the area will commence in two weeks

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News | 18 May 2020

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Cape civic associations oppose by-law amendments

“The proposed amendments limits the constitutional rights to dignity, freedom of movement, privacy, equality and freedom”

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News | 15 May 2020

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Judge reprimands ministers of police and defence for “lockdown brutality”

Court orders suspension of police and military involved in the torture and death of Collins Khosa

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News | 15 May 2020