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Mayor Bobani promises electrificity to two informal settlements in PE

We will not give you our votes if you lie to us, warns protester

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Brief | 13 March 2019

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New Sea Point skyscraper to include affordable housing

Planning tribunal approves new apartment block

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Brief | 13 March 2019

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Farm dwellers dump rubbish at gate to wine farm

Simondium residents picket over uncollected refuse, clean water and threat of eviction

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Brief | 13 March 2019

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Zimbabweans in Limpopo village fear for their future

Police said to have been given an ultimatum by local group to evict all undocumented Zimbabweans

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News | 13 March 2019

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The minister, the gifts, the Watsons and the wind farm

Mokonyane to rule on controversial Eastern Cape project

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Feature | 13 March 2019

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Immigrant shop owners targeted by criminals in Lusikisiki

Hawkers’ Association fears immigrants will leave: “The consequences will be terrible for us all”

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Brief | 12 March 2019

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Union outraged that Public Works employees sent to “no-go” areas in PE

Workers are not “bulletproof” says shop steward

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Brief | 12 March 2019

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Grahamstown schools hit by water cuts

No end in sight to Makhanda’s severe water shortage

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Brief | 12 March 2019

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Janitors face losing battle in Khayelitsha as taps fail

City investigating low water pressure problem

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News | 12 March 2019

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R3 million lifeline for indebted CPUT students

Funds is for academically deserving students who were unable to register because of outstanding fees

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Brief | 12 March 2019

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JHB waste pickers face routine harassment

“A lot of people don’t appreciate what we are doing for them”

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Feature | 12 March 2019

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Shack dwellers in King William’s Town won’t relocate for electrification

Upgrade to Kanana Village means a hundred residents need to demolish their shacks

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News | 12 March 2019

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District Six claimaints frustrated after state fails to deliver plan

But chair of of District Six Working Committee hopes there will be restitution within three years

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News | 11 March 2019

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Children are dying in pain because they cannot get the medicines they need

Government has not implemented its palliative care plan

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Opinion | 11 March 2019

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Women farm workers demand end to labour abuses

Lack of enforcement of the law has lead to widespread violation of the rights of women farm workers, says NGO

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News | 11 March 2019

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Union threatens to shut down KZN wildlife offices

Workers say Ezemvelo Wildlife is poorly managed and they accuse management of nepotism

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News | 11 March 2019

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