South Africa|Western Cape

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Banned from school for having dreadlocks

A Rastafarian teenager has returned to school after three weeks

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News | 9 February 2016

Map showing the land in Cape Town the province wishes to sell

Calls to halt sale of prime city land

Civil society organisations and Western Cape Province clash over four inner city properties

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News | 8 February 2016

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Rubbish piles up in Enkanini for nearly two weeks

Residents in the informal settlement in Khayelitsha have been forced to live with overflowing drains and rubbish

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News | 5 February 2016

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Tygerberg Hospital without water for days

A burst pipe has left patients and staff without water since Wednesday

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News | 5 February 2016

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Zimbabwean woman banned despite minister’s promise

A woman finds herself unable to re-enter South Africa even though she has the correct permit

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News | 5 February 2016

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Masiphumelele school promises to address students’ demands

Students go back to class

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News | 5 February 2016

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Paarl shop bans breastfeeding

“No eating, drinking, smoking and breastfeeding in the shop please” - window sign

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News | 4 February 2016

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Dozens of fire victims still destitute in Masiphumelele

“No number” residents fear they will never get a house

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News | 4 February 2016

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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

Photo of Athekosi Myoli and Mzamo Sidelo outside the Sonke men's clinic.

HIV-positive prisoner denied antiretroviral treatment

Pollsmoor detainees speak out

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News | 3 February 2016

Photo of vacant land in Mfuleni Extension 2.

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

Resources allocated to other areas

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News | 3 February 2016

Photo of people cleaning up after fire in Imizamo Yethu.

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