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Glebelands officer admits to “mistake” during cross examination

Eight men are currently on trial for a spate of murders and other crimes at the Glebelands Hostel

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News | 29 August 2019

115 households in Despatch left in the cold while municipality and Housing Development Agency shift blame

“Every morning I wake up and sit on that cement foundation just to get the sun”

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News | 29 August 2019

Evicted Klein Akker families move to state-owned farm in Stellenbosch

“We had a proper wash with privacy for the first time since we were evicted” says farm resident

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News | 28 August 2019

Fed up Eastern Cape villagers told to move shacks, promised new homes

“We watched them build proper shelters for those who came after us” says villager

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News | 28 August 2019

Langa residents demand removal of ward councillor

Dozens protest outside municipal offices over blocked drains and toilets, lack of garbage removal and broken street lights

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News | 27 August 2019

“My RDP house has robbed me of my legs”

Official says Nomvula Frans’s home will be prioritised to make it suitable for her disability

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News | 27 August 2019

Toilets unserviced for months in Khayelitsha

We breath unbearable stench from the dirty loos, says resident

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News | 27 August 2019

Raw sewage runs through Dunoon’s Ethembeni informal settlement

Residents say they have been living in these conditions for over a year

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News | 27 August 2019

“We turned an unused building into a place many now call home”

“In this place there is love and care,” says Woodstock hospital occupier

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News | 27 August 2019

Is Melissa Whitehead a principled civil servant or a “cowboy”?

Her supporters say she was too progressive for Cape Town’s municipality. Her detractors accuse her of playing victim.

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News | 26 August 2019

Burn victims unable to get life changing treatment

South Africa’s only tissue bank has been empty the past two months

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News | 26 August 2019

Small-scale farmers demand access to land

“Our animals graze in yards and graveyards because there is no land for us”

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News | 23 August 2019

Army protects Eskom workers in Khayelitsha

“The army is here to intimidate us” says Qandu-qandu informal settlement resident

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News | 22 August 2019

Hundreds stranded by roadside after massive farm eviction in Kraaifontein

Evictees say all their possessions were seized

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News | 21 August 2019

Union marches against Mbalula’s plans for North West bus service

SATAWU says employees were not consulted by transport minister

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News | 20 August 2019

New land occupiers say they are flood victims

People relocating to Mpukwini from Island informal settlement had their shacks demolished on the weekend

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News | 19 August 2019