South Africa

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IN PHOTOS: Capetonians observe Ramadan

Muslim community end each day’s fast with prayer and delicious food

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Photo Essay | 15 June 2018

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Inquiry hears why violence broke out at Charlotte Maxeke Hospital

Department says it has no money to pay workers’ performance bonuses

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News | 15 June 2018

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We can’t house everyone, says Bonginkosi Madikizela

Housing backlog exceeds 575,000, but only 18,000 houses can be completed annually

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Brief | 15 June 2018

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Informal settlements flooded by heavy rains

Residents prepare for more storms

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Photo Essay | 14 June 2018

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Thousands of workers protest against Eskom’s 0% pay rise

Unions stage lunchtime picket outside Megawatt Park to demand wage increases

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News | 14 June 2018

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SASSA now open on Saturdays and Sundays

Social grant recipients asked lots of questions at an information event. Here are some of the answers

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News | 14 June 2018

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18-year-old informal miner mourns his dead friend

It’s hard to go underground, but life must go on, says Tawanda

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Feature | 14 June 2018

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Using municipal land for bowling greens during a housing crisis is unjust

Fish Hoek has enough space to build affordable housing

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Opinion | 14 June 2018

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What are the limits of our right to know? An apartheid-era crookery case will provide the answer

The South African History Archive is still trying to get information from the Reserve Bank on Vito Palazzolo, Johann Blaauw and Robert Oliver Hill

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News | 14 June 2018

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Criminals prey on Vastrap’s disabled residents

20 Port Elizabeth families have been living in containers for four years

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News | 14 June 2018

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Workers at Walter Sisulu University demand to be insourced

Cleaners and security guards ask Mthatha municipality to intervene in negotiations with management

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Brief | 13 June 2018

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“We are now visible” says albinism activist

People with albinism march in Durban

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News | 13 June 2018

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Victory for Braamfontein cleaners after two-week strike

Workers say outsourcing company was trying to retrench older cleaners

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News | 13 June 2018

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Hope at last for residents of one of Cape Town’s oldest informal settlements

Toilets to be installed in Taiwan in Khayelitsha after protests

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News | 13 June 2018

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Protesters who targeted funeral processions finally get houses

Uitenhage families moved after 20 years in shacks

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News | 13 June 2018

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Exams at Fort Hare disrupted by staff strike

East London and Alice campuses affected

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Brief | 12 June 2018