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RDP housing is at a snail’s pace in Eastern Cape

Construction companies blame government budget constraints

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News | 21 November 2019

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Thieves steal children’s musical instruments from Khayelitsha school

Trumpets, saxophones, trombones and keyboards taken from a container store

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News | 21 November 2019

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Dispute over electrification in Tembisa

Land occupiers say they are being excluded from the project

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News | 21 November 2019

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Social Development asks for extension to clear foster care grant backlog

The battle to resolve the huge backlog dates back to 2011

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News | 20 November 2019

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Eleventh-hour delay in court case involving King Goodwill Zwelithini

Zulu royal land trust is accused of “extorting” millions from rural residents

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News | 20 November 2019

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Constitutional Court rejects coal mining company’s attempt to appeal

High Court judgment blocking proposed mining stands – but the saga isn’t over

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News | 20 November 2019

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Bethelsdorp residents tell police station commander his cops work with gangs

Station commander says he knows of the policemen who are friends with gangsters and are dealing in drugs and tik

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News | 20 November 2019

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High Court orders PRASA to create safety plan for railway security

Safety of railway commuters put at risk by PRASA terminating contracts

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News | 19 November 2019

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The difficult life of Marikana sex workers

Working on an open plot, the women are often raped or robbed

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News | 18 November 2019

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Greenmarket Square traders ask government to address refugee situation

Some traders on the square have closed up shop because their business has been disrupted

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News | 15 November 2019

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Refugees physically attack archbishop and Chris Nissen in Methodist church

Leadership justifies violence

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News | 15 November 2019

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RDP houses torched after evictions in Fynbos

Clashes erupted between occupiers of homes and those claiming to be the legitimate housing beneficiaries

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News | 15 November 2019

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Inmate alleging torture at Leeuwkop disputes psychiatrist’s report

The court case will resume on 11 May 2020

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News | 15 November 2019

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Toddlers abandoned in room for almost five days

Unclear why authorities took long to respond

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News | 15 November 2019

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Man dies in agony after ambulance takes ten hours to arrive

Partner of deceased says operator told her to “learn to wait”

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News | 15 November 2019

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Western Cape government confronts City of Cape Town over “appalling unhygienic” conditions in Dunoon

City says it has “a service delivery obligation but is not itself the cause of the pollution”

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News | 14 November 2019