South Africa|Gauteng

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Raising South Africa: informal crèches are desperate for aid

Despite lots of formal rules and lip-service, the state provides little help

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Feature | 13 January 2017

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Presidential housing project bogged down in corruption and fraud

Hundreds of residents of Gauteng townships cheated out of housing

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Feature | 10 January 2017

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Immigrants picket Mashaba’s anti-immigrant comments

“Overwhelming evidence that some migrants do not possess paperwork because of corruption, maladministration and bureaucratic hurdles” at Home Affairs, says protest leader

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News | 19 December 2016

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Court affirms Medicines Control Council’s powers

Judgment is a victory for the scientific governance of medicine

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Law | 12 December 2016

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Campaign collects names of murdered sex workers

Unsolved cases collect  dust in police files, says activist

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Brief | 8 December 2016

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Six years on and no sign of police investigation into missing man

Gift Mutsumba disappeared one night in 2010 and has not been heard from since

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News | 29 November 2016

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Home Affairs office loses asylum documents

"How can I work without my asylum?"

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News | 28 November 2016

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Sepedi singer and his homeless Afrikaans helpers

"Rare unity, rare trust," says the performer

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Brief | 22 November 2016

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Hundreds march against nuclear deal

High Court will hear Earthlife's case in December

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Photo Essay | 18 November 2016