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How the Barn is helping Khayelitsha’s entrepreneurs

Non-profit technology hub offers office space for people to run their businesses

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News | 26 July 2019

Residents of apartheid-era shack town still have no electricity or toilets

“Government has chosen to forget us”

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News | 26 July 2019

Social Development Department didn’t know it had offices in Alexandra

Tale of confusion revealed at HRC inquiry

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News | 25 July 2019

Police raid Woodstock Hospital, arrest 40 people and release them

Residents allege they were dealt with violently and the police had no warrant

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News | 25 July 2019

Relatives denied visiting rights at Goodwood prison

Correctional services says there are renovations taking place at the visiting area

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News | 25 July 2019

People flock to live at Pietermaritzburg dump site

“This has become a home for many of us”

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News | 25 July 2019

Criminalising school disruptions would help, says Panyaza Lesufi

Gauteng MEC for Education testifies at Alexandra Inquiry

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News | 24 July 2019

Short of money and desperate, Khayelitsha residents start land occupation

“Sometimes we sleep on empty stomachs because we have no food”

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News | 24 July 2019

“We don’t grow plants, we grow people”

Streetscapes’ urban gardens offer people living on the streets a way to reintegrate with society

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News | 24 July 2019

In April their homes were destroyed by a flood. Now their new homes are being demolished

Dozens of Enkanini residents continue to rebuild their homes in defiance of the eThekwini municipality

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News | 23 July 2019

SANDF soldiers accused of terrorising immigrant shack dwellers

“The soldiers said it was just a teaser of what they will do to the rest of Happiness Village residents”

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News | 23 July 2019

This is why Metrorail employees will strike on Friday

But two unions, SATAWU and NTM, will not be joining

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News | 22 July 2019

Debt collectors Flemix & Associates face disciplinary action at Legal Practice Council

Law Clinic lawyer says hearing against Flemix is a significant step in reforming the micro-lending industry

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News | 22 July 2019

Newcastle residents say coal mine puts them in danger

Informal mining is causing houses to crack

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News | 22 July 2019

Activists unite to “defend democracy”

Johannesburg City Hall filled to capacity following Jacob Zuma’s testimony at Zondo Commission

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News | 21 July 2019

Claremont Mosque calls for religious leaders to respond to Cape Flats violence

Vigil held for city’s residents “trapped” in conflict areas

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News | 19 July 2019