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Labour disputes delay construction of R164-million Sarah Baartman Centre

Project is several months behind schedule

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News | 26 August 2016

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Protesters accuse Zille of failing to take action on youth gangs

Dispute between SJC, EE and provincial government over whether key recommendation of Khayelitsha Inquiry has been implemented

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News | 25 August 2016

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Salt River man’s daily battle “to put a candle and bread on the table”

Residents of settlement under bridge collect cardboard and plastic for recycling

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News | 25 August 2016

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Residents and police clash in Elsie’s River after homes demolished

“We are indigenous people and we have a right to be here” says community leader

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News | 25 August 2016

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Walter Sisulu University boycott heats up as students demand no fee increase

Protesters clash with police, and other students

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News | 24 August 2016

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Robertson Winery workers on strike

Workers demand R8,500 a month

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News | 24 August 2016

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Disabled man fetches water with a bucket tied to his crutches

Pietermaritzburg resident has little hope elections will change his plight

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News | 23 August 2016

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School denies fee exemption to woman because she’s an asylum seeker

Lawyer and provincial department say school is legally wrong

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News | 22 August 2016

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Zimbabweans march through PE demanding that Mugabe must go

More protests like this needed, says #Tajamuka spokesperson

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News | 22 August 2016

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“Zuma Legacy must fall” says KZN ANC protester

Disgruntled residents protest against new councillors at inauguration

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News | 22 August 2016

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Immigrant shop owners in PE township fed up with police

Perpetrators of xenophobic violence seldom arrested, they complain

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News | 19 August 2016

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ANC members tell Kgalema Motlanthe: Remove corrupt councillors

Meeting on new legislation turns into complaint session about local government

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News | 18 August 2016

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Here’s what Diepsloot residents want their newly elected councillors to do

But lack of availability of councillors does not bode well

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News | 18 August 2016

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Lack of money threatens dancer’s dreams

Fifteen-year-old from Mitchells Plain wants to be a professional ballet dancer

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News | 18 August 2016

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Learners told to shave their heads or leave school

Education department to investigate Pietermaritzburg school

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News | 17 August 2016

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“My life is on standstill thanks to Home Affairs”

Two men born on the same day with the same name have the same ID number

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News | 17 August 2016