Human Rights

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Silicosis: miners win case for class certification

Obstacles remain before sick miners receive compensation but this is an important victory for them

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News | 13 May 2016

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Mothers’ Day for sex workers

Mothers for the Future is a programme that supports mothers who are sex workers

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News | 6 May 2016

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Dagga spraying: police ‘expert’ accused of bad science

Activists and doctors question ties to agrochemical firms

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Feature | 5 May 2016

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McDonald’s shooting: family suspects police cover-up

Sister of dead man still in the dark

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News | 26 April 2016

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Sewage leaks from Langa’s apartment blocks

Hundreds of people are living in abject conditions in City-maintained flats

Text by Naib Mian. Photos by Masixole Feni.

News | 26 April 2016

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Bonteheuwel residents demand more police

“There has been shooting on a daily basis” says resident of 50 years

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News | 25 April 2016

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Why didn’t police stop looting of immigrant shops in Dunoon?

“The police shouldn’t just protect South Africans”

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Feature | 25 April 2016

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Rural South Africa is on a Precipice

Countryside sliding into ever more violent confrontations

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Opinion | 21 April 2016

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Protesters arrested at Rhodes University

List of alleged rapists at centre of conflict

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News | 20 April 2016