South Africa|Western Cape

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Salt River man’s daily battle “to put a candle and bread on the table”

Residents of settlement under bridge collect cardboard and plastic for recycling

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News | 25 August 2016

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Residents and police clash in Elsie’s River after homes demolished

“We are indigenous people and we have a right to be here” says community leader

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News | 25 August 2016

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Meet David Lee Pearson, the dodgy businessman behind Wescape

He has left behind a string of unpaid "loans"

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Feature | 24 August 2016

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Robertson Winery workers on strike

Workers demand R8,500 a month

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News | 24 August 2016

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Family of murdered Delft woman calls on police to find killers

Body found in bushes identified

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Brief | 23 August 2016

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Right2Know protesters call for Motsoeneng and Muthambi to go

“They are becoming opposition” Motsoeneng reportedly says in Parliament

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Brief | 23 August 2016

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Abattoir workers win unfair dismissal case on appeal

Judge Davis criticises formalistic approach by Labour court

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Brief | 22 August 2016

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School denies fee exemption to woman because she’s an asylum seeker

Lawyer and provincial department say school is legally wrong

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News | 22 August 2016

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Check out Cape Town’s hip street style

People from all walks of life express themselves through fashion

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Photo Essay | 18 August 2016

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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