Maggots in baby’s mouth as uncollected garbage piles up

A dispute over refuse removal services in early December has left the informal settlement of Europe near Nyanga with growing mounds of rubbish

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News | 13 February 2017

Marikana lawyer calls for state to expropriate land

SAPS lawyer says it isn’t possible to arrest the informal settlement’s 60,000 residents

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News | 12 February 2017

Soweto man in court for trespassing in his own home

Solomon Nhlapo’s house was auctioned for R100 by Nedbank in 2014

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News | 10 February 2017

Blind boxer still a champion

Martial arts champion Ronald Dlamini was at his peak, when he lost his eyesight

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Brief | 10 February 2017

Life Esidimeni scandal raises questions about public-private partnerships

These partnerships will be critical if National Health Insurance is implemented

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News | 10 February 2017

Cape Town rapper Jitsvinger to tour Netherlands

South African Road Trip: Celebrating Life uses music, dance, poetry and video to show the diversity of life in the Cape

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News | 10 February 2017

Law to stop detention of mentally ill in prisons

Bill to bring Criminal Procedure Act in line with the Constitution

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Law | 10 February 2017

In photos: protests at State of Nation Address 2017

Despite violence inside Parliament, outside was mostly peaceful

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Photo Essay | 10 February 2017

Marikana case: Home owner in informal settlement asks City to buy her property

“She went from being a property owner to living at the middle of an informal settlement. … This is her primary residence.”

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News | 9 February 2017

Weeks of no electricity for Buffalo City town

Municipality blames illegal connections for blowing transformer

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Brief | 9 February 2017

Can minister make decision costing R1 trillion without consulting anyone?

NGOs challenge Tina Joemat-Pettersson in court

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Law | 9 February 2017

Landmark Marikana case begins: 60,000 people’s homes at stake

City asked to buy or expropriate land occupied in Philippi East

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News | 8 February 2017

Rhodes statue in silicosis protest

Mines must pay compensation to sick miners, say activists

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News | 8 February 2017

People’s Assembly calls for Zuma to resign

Numerous civil society organisations hold “real state of the nation address” in St George’s Cathedral

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News | 8 February 2017

Gay student kicked out of Durban college

“She said I must leave her class because she cannot teach a gay guy”

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News | 8 February 2017

Cape Town mother’s long wait for social grants

SASSA pays out six-year backlog

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News | 8 February 2017