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Immigrant shop owners terrorised in Newcastle

Two shopkeepers murdered in October

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Brief | 2 November 2018

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Nkandla residents rally to fix municipal toilets

“Next year we won’t vote. We do not have a reason to vote.”

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Brief | 2 November 2018

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Brett Herron and JP Smith in war of words over social housing

Mayco member Brett Herron resigns from DA and city council

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News | 1 November 2018

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Heineken strike leaders fear dismissal

Brewery workers want better conditions and to be insourced

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News | 1 November 2018

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Court stops divorced women from facing destitution

Holomisa vs Holomisa is a victory for women living in the Transkei

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Law | 1 November 2018

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Residents struggle to rebuild after shack fire in East London

100 homes destroyed and 350 people displaced in Kwinana informal settlement

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Brief | 1 November 2018

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School has 196 learners and ten grades but only four classrooms

“I feel like I am running three different schools,” says principal

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Brief | 1 November 2018

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Why it takes so long for schools to be built

Equal Education demands transparency from government to improve delivery of school buildings

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News | 31 October 2018

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Rape trials are long, expensive and difficult

Frequent postponements are frustrating and emotionally draining for both the accused and accuser

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Feature | 31 October 2018

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Taps often run dry in Eastern Cape village

Villagers say they have to draw water from a river and a dirty canal

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Brief | 31 October 2018

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Home Affairs in court after official tears up child’s passport

Tinashe Bello was happily at school in Cape Town until he applied for a visa to allow him to represent his school in a German soccer tournament

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News | 31 October 2018

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Electricity bill gives pensioner a shock

Estimated reading by City four times higher than her usual bill

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News | 31 October 2018

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Police and MPs blame immigrants, unemployment, gangs, and each other for crime

Much grandstanding, little substance in Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Police hearing

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News | 30 October 2018

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New leaked reports show why train security has collapsed

Roy Moodley implicated in deals worth over R300 million

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Feature | 30 October 2018

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Gogos pay to queue for pensions

Social grant beneficiaries pay R10 to R20 to get a space outside the Pietermaritzburg post office

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News | 30 October 2018

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Parents start imaginative project to stop children playing on dumpsite

“Some children developed rashes all over their bodies after playing with the rubbish”

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Brief | 29 October 2018

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