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Police raid Hout Bay homes in massive crime prevention operation

Residents clash with cops

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News | 30 August 2018

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CPS forecasts ā€œdisruptive and stressful experienceā€ for social grant recipients in September

Social Development Minister to address claims by CPS on Friday

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Brief | 30 August 2018

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Bathabile Dlamini off-the-hook for court costs - for now

Delays could have been avoided by Dlamini and former CEO Pearl Bhengu but their conduct was not ā€œin bad faith or grossly negligentā€

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Law | 30 August 2018

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Cape Town Orchestraā€™s outreach programme in peril

Orchestra gets silent treatment from Department of Arts and Culture

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News | 30 August 2018

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Net1 accused of duping social grant beneficiaries

Pensioners told that the EasyPay card is the new SASSA card

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News | 30 August 2018

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No money for C-section in East London

Two toilets for 200 people in Duncan Village, and the municipality ā€œdoesnā€™t have any fundsā€ to fix or instal more

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Brief | 30 August 2018

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Land occupiers caught in battle between private landowner and tribal council

Ten homes bulldozed in Verulam north of Durban

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Brief | 30 August 2018

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Showdown over land occupation in Brakpan looms

Eviction order is in place says councillor, but occupiers vow to resist

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Brief | 30 August 2018

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Hundreds of Bonteheuwel residents protest against gang violence

Roads closed off, police fire stun grenades

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News | 29 August 2018

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Citrus workers on strike in Eastern Cape

Workers say farmers are still not paying minimum wage of R20 an hour

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News | 29 August 2018

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How two audacious occupations are shifting the housing debate

An introduction to our series on the occupations of Helen Bowden Nurses Home and Woodstock Hospital

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GroundView | 29 August 2018

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Allegations of violence at Helen Bowden Nurses Home

Residents of the occupation report that their lives are safer, but domestic violence does occur

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Feature | 29 August 2018

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Dirty tricks: The battle to control the Helen Bowden and Woodstock Hospital occupations

There have been violent attempts to take over Helen Bowden and a smear campaign against Ndifuna Ukwaziā€™s leaders

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Feature | 29 August 2018

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Reclaim the City has the potential to change Cape Town, but it faces many threats

Our view of the Helen Bowden and Woodstock Hospital occupations

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GroundView | 29 August 2018

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Shack dwellers kept back at gunpoint as 81 homes demolished

Land occupiers on private land at Doornbach informal settlement had their building materials confiscated

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Brief | 28 August 2018

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High Court rules children born in South Africa can be registered, regardless of their parentsā€™ legal status

There are serious consequences for childrenā€™s rights if their births are not registered

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Law | 28 August 2018

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