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Unions divided on Workers’ Day

Rival events held on 1 May show unequal support for Saftu and Cosatu

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Analysis | 2 May 2018

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Cape Town needs to invest in places like Malawi Camp

Airport settlement is test of municipality’s commitment to investing in poor communities

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Opinion | 2 May 2018

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Soccer brings immigrants and South Africans together

Sport helps reduce tension, say activists

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News | 2 May 2018

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NRF cuts hurt South Africa’s scientists

Researchers need to hold public officials accountable

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Opinion | 2 May 2018

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UNISA students wait for NSFAS funding

As exams approach, students are also anxiously waiting for textbook vouchers

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Brief | 2 May 2018

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All Hermanus land protesters released on bail

Minister to return to Zwelihle on 15 May

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Brief | 2 May 2018

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Humansdorp families stuck in emergency housing since 2011

“The municipality promised to relocate us to another site but nothing has happened so far”

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News | 30 April 2018

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I love it here, says dump site resident

Families living next to New England landfill say they can walk to collect their groceries

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News | 30 April 2018

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Khayelitsha hospital under the spotlight

Patients’ complaints prompt TAC meeting

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News | 30 April 2018

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Much needed Cape rain floods homes

Khayelitsha residents wake early to find their shacks soaking

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Photo Essay | 27 April 2018

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Sewer pipe collapses and destroys homes

Our whole living room collapsed and our bedroom where my wife was sleeping, says resident

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News | 26 April 2018

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Leading SA doctor calls for head of UN body to go

Michel Sidibe “has at minimum built and supported the environment in which these abuses took place” says Professor Francois Venter

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News | 26 April 2018

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Pietermaritzburg residents cut off for months by flooded road

“When it is hot, children swim. To them this is a swimming pool,” says resident

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Brief | 26 April 2018

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Home Affairs bungle separates man from pregnant wife

Immigration official violates policy, preventing Zimbabwean from entering South Africa

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News | 26 April 2018

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Know your rights: when can you be evicted and how?

No-one can be evicted without an order of a court

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Law | 26 April 2018

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R20 an hour is an insult, say marchers

Nationwide protests against proposed minimum wage

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News | 25 April 2018

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