Waste picker killed by trash compactor

Nswaki Mahlakwane’s body remained uncollected for more than 12 hours

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Brief | 22 March 2018

Cape Town residents call for land for “dignified homes”

“Apartheid still exists in our spatial plan in Cape Town and in other cities” says Mayco Member Brett Herron

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News | 21 March 2018

Community successfully crowd funds R70k for toilets

A miracle that happened so quickly, says resident in Mzondi informal settlement

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Brief | 21 March 2018

Metrorail’s Fish Hoek to Simon’s Town bus service not running

Spokesperson would not comment on why the substitute service stopped

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Brief | 21 March 2018

Taxi drivers call for Mayor Masina’s resignation

Concern over delays in Ekhurhuleni’s bus rapid transport system

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News | 21 March 2018

Sixty-one-year-old man shot dead in protest

Eastern Cape residents want proper roads to their villages

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Brief | 20 March 2018

Marikana workers live in dire conditions three years after Farlam report

Only about one in five Lonmin employees stay in decent housing

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Photo Essay | 20 March 2018

Cape Town to pilot “safe space” for homeless people

Councillor says new approach may be more successful at reducing the number of people living on the streets

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News | 20 March 2018

Bereaved father starts drive to fix Limpopo schools

“I don’t want my son to be forgotten. I want his name and memory to live on.”

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News | 20 March 2018

Advocate accuses Dlamini of lying

Former minister is trying to avoid being held personally liable for court costs

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News | 20 March 2018

Cape Town housing activist fatally stabbed

Latest of several violent incidents allegedly involving security guards at Helen Bowden Nurses Home

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News | 19 March 2018

Mfuleni’s evicted land occupiers squat in makeshift communal shacks

“The shack becomes jam-packed in the evening”

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Brief | 19 March 2018

Evicted residents distressed at prospect of living in Wolwerivier

The temporary relocation area is far from social grant paypoints, medical facilities, shopping malls, work opportunities and the police station

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News | 19 March 2018

Traders vs Transnet: court case has consequences for informal businesses

Mogwase’s informal traders argue that closing their businesses will make them dependent on the state

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Law | 19 March 2018

UCT scientists convince City to drill cautiously into aquifer

Environmental group will monitor borehole drilling into Table Mountain Group Aquifer

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News | 19 March 2018

Women of Glebelands hostel devastated by violence

Part one of a series on political violence and the frustrated search for justice in KwaZulu-Natal

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Feature | 19 March 2018