South Africa|Western Cape|Cape Town

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New delay in sex worker murder trial

Trial of artist Mthethwa postponed again

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News | 3 February 2016

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Detainees go to court over conditions in Pollsmoor

65 people held in a cell meant for 25

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News | 3 February 2016

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HIV-positive prisoner denied antiretroviral treatment

Pollsmoor detainees speak out

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News | 3 February 2016

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City says “a few individuals” blocked the Mfuleni housing project

Resources allocated to other areas

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News | 3 February 2016

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Yet another devastating fire in Imizamo Yethu

Yesterday's fire follows the ones of 12 November and 26 December

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News | 2 February 2016

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Metropolitan Cup’s scorching kick-off

This year's tournament got underway on Saturday

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News | 2 February 2016

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UCT students and staff share stories of exclusion

Management promises staff contracts by the end of the week

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News | 2 February 2016

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Outspoken residents fear for their lives in Isiqalo

Zukisa August ambushed on his way home from work

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News | 1 February 2016

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Sick pets get a free lift in Vrygrond

Mobile clinic makes a huge difference for pet owners in working class neighbourhoods

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News | 1 February 2016

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Ward 69: Fragmented by apartheid era planning

This area will be closely contested in the Municipal elections

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Feature | 1 February 2016

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The scrap collectors

Across the city there are people who survive by collecting things we throw away

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Photo Essay | 29 January 2016

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Hundreds still homeless in Masiphumelele

Grandmother describes how she had to sleep rough

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News | 28 January 2016

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Churches plead with residents to stop dumping rubbish

Illegal dumping costs Cape Town R350 million a year

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News | 28 January 2016

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Softball body battling to keep its head above water

R100k needed to send Cape Town teams to national competition

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News | 28 January 2016

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CPUT students challenge suspensions in court

Application brought to change interdict against them

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News | 27 January 2016

Photo of Kanyisa Ntombini handing over a memorandum to Max Price.

Disabled UCT students demand access

"It’s not that we are being difficult or trying to make people's lives harder. We just want access to the education we paid for."

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News | 27 January 2016