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Durban residents will take to the streets if City doesn’t clean up its act

Municipality unresponsive on blocked and broken toilets in Siyathuthuka

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News | 24 July 2018

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Coal mine opponents targeted on social media

“Powerful interests use violence and threats to cut off those defending human rights”

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Feature | 24 July 2018

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Cape Town’s neglected council flats

City says it will spend R147 million on upgrades to the rental units it owns

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Feature | 24 July 2018

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Woodstock families given eight months to vacate homes

Magistrate says eviction is a result of gentrification

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News | 24 July 2018

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I was naked when officials burst into my shack

City of Cape Town demolishes shacks in Nkandla

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Brief | 23 July 2018

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R78 million Eastern Cape water project fails to deliver

“In the past 18 months we have had water for only eight months. The last time water was running in our taps was six months ago.”

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Brief | 23 July 2018

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Power struggle between ANC and EFF in Brakpan turns violent

Some residents oppose EFF’s involvement in land occupation

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News | 23 July 2018

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School mergers worsen scholar transport problem

We have never merged two schools without consent or consultation with the community, maintains education department

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Brief | 23 July 2018

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Living on the banks of a river of sewage

Open sewage flows past 100 RDP homes in Uitenhage

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Brief | 23 July 2018

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Trenches filled up with mud mixed with sewage water in Port Elizabeth

“We wanted our streets to be upgraded. The roads are now worse.”

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Brief | 23 July 2018

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“We can never vote while breathing human waste every day”

Sewer overflowing since last year say East London residents

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Brief | 23 July 2018

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In photos: Bheki Cele versus Hermanus protesters

Tensions escalate in Zwelihle following assault on police officer and subsequent house raids by SAPS

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News | 21 July 2018

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Rural school gets toilets thanks to private company

For years primary school children were forced to use an open field

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Brief | 20 July 2018

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Cape Town’s apartheid-era hostel dwellers want family homes

“I have to share a room with my children and grandchildren”

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News | 20 July 2018

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Paraplegic man faces eviction

Swartland municipality says it is investigating possible alternatives although it is not obliged to do so

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News | 20 July 2018

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Zimbabweans in South Africa fear elections won’t be free and fair

Zimbabweans go to the polls on 30 July

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Brief | 20 July 2018

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