South Africa|Eastern Cape

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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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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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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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Walter Sisulu students clash with police during fees protest

University management says no list of grievances has been received

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Brief | 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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Picketing Aspen workers deprived of water

Union says company is breaking the rules

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Brief | 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

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Taps run dry in drought-stricken Butterworth

Dam at 13% capacity

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News | 16 August 2016

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I’m an ANC supporter but I didn’t vote, says fed-up Hankey resident

Woman describes desperate plight while government fails to assist

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News | 15 August 2016

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BASF workers on strike because of dispute over back pay

Workers say that they are owed money for first half of 2016

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News | 12 August 2016

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School burnt as frustration with education department boils over

“Violence is the only language government understands” - Grade 12 student

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News | 12 August 2016

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East Londoners protest in support of rape survivors

New support programme for university students planned

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News | 12 August 2016

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Taxi violence on Mthatha route

Five drivers to appear in court

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Brief | 11 August 2016

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Seven years later, Tokyo Sexwale’s promise has not been kept

East Bank residents still waiting for their houses to be fixed

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News | 11 August 2016

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Community centre in informal settlement is derelict

“No-one seems to be doing anything to fix it”

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Brief | 10 August 2016

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Living next to a blocked drain for 15 years

Complaints to East London municipality go unheard

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News | 10 August 2016