South Africa|Western Cape|Cape Town

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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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Man found dead in Mfuleni after gunshots heard

Suspected mob justice killing

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Brief | 17 August 2016

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SABC finally screens Miners Shot Down - sort of

Protesters project documentary onto state broadcaster's building in Sea Point

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News | 17 August 2016

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City says relocation is ideal solution for Jim se Bos

Residents unlikely to see major improvements to their neighbourhood on the edge of Cape Town

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News | 16 August 2016

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Traditional healers show that being gay is African

"People call me names ... but I don't care."

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News | 15 August 2016

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Langa shack fire may have started because man tried to keep warm

"This is the third time that I have lost my shack to a fire. Everything of mine is destroyed." - resident

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Brief | 15 August 2016

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Kalk Bay’s fishers battle for permits

Fishers risk “limb and neck to get that fish and to put something on the table”

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Photo Essay | 15 August 2016

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Wynberg taxi drivers block access to Hout Bay

"They don't want others to grow in business," says Hout Bay taxi driver

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News | 12 August 2016

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Telkom workers demand 11% and end to retrenchments

Striking workers march through Cape Town

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News | 11 August 2016

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Controversial Mfuleni councillor elected in new ward

Themba Honono still the target of criticism

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News | 11 August 2016

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All we want is a letter, protesters tell councillor

Mfuleni residents accuse councillor of failing to help them access electricity

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Brief | 11 August 2016

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Car guard gets thieves arrested

Quick thinking by Tshepo Molaoele helps cops set up sting

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News | 5 August 2016

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Wolwerivier’s only creche threatened with closure on Monday

City refuses to provide its contingency plan for how children will be looked after

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News | 5 August 2016

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Imizamo Yethu library has been closed for six months

School students have to go to Hout Bay library

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News | 4 August 2016

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Flemming Rose and academic freedom: a response to Nathan Geffen

Accusations of hypocrisy are complicated, and have been inappropriately levelled at Rose

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Opinion | 1 August 2016

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City snubs Khayelitsha meeting on toilets

"The truck meant to fetch the portaloos never comes"

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News | 1 August 2016