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Afrikaans-speaking parents threaten to close school

Students are failing because there is no teacher to teach their mother tongue

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News | 12 February 2018

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Apartheid survives beyond the grave

Upington’s neglected cemeteries reflect the divisions of the past

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News | 12 February 2018

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Police target immigrant sex workers in Gauteng

We are only following orders from Home Affairs, say police

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News | 12 February 2018

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Mines report progress in preventing deadly silicosis

But very little information on dust monitoring

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News | 12 February 2018

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Mealie sellers taste success

Working six days a week, 12 hours a day, women braai and sell corn to put their children through school

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News | 9 February 2018

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Home Affairs has backlog of 140,000 refugee status appeals

Official admits to rampant corruption at refugee centres

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News | 9 February 2018

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Drought: the silence of the city councillors

Only seven out of 20 replied to our questions on the water crisis

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News | 9 February 2018

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Union threatens to shut down Metrorail’s Northern Line

Dangerous working conditions a major concern for employees

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News | 8 February 2018

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96% of refugee applications are refused, say lawyers

Home Affairs is “institutionally xenophobic”, Human Rights Commission told

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News | 8 February 2018