South Africa

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Train strike: where were the buses?

Commuters stranded as drivers strike after death of colleague

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News | 12 July 2016

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Cape Town short on paraffin

Communities without electricity that depend on paraffin for heating and cooking have been struggling for weeks

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News | 12 July 2016

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Farm worker loses four fingers in accident

Zimbabwean awaiting compensation and unable to work

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News | 12 July 2016

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Students shutdown PE university, accusing administration of breaking agreement

Sasco vows to continue until university agrees to its demands

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News | 11 July 2016

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No effort by municipality to fix leaking water and sewage

For years, residents of Ekwarini have lived in damp squalor, and the Buffalo City administration has done nothing about it

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News | 11 July 2016

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Uncertainty over Zimbabwean import ban

Many rely on South Africa’s cheaper groceries and goods

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News | 11 July 2016

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Families stuck in shacks because of government squabble

Housing project halted while municipality and contractor differ over invoice

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Brief | 11 July 2016

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ANC split in Philippi

Supporters of the incumbent councillor say they will not allow voting in August

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Brief | 11 July 2016

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Bizarre state involvement in AIDS conference

Security agency leads media accreditation process

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Brief | 8 July 2016