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Feasibility study for Tafelberg to be released tomorrow

"We have waited long enough" says activist

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Brief | 17 November 2016

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SRC president is not a registered student, says Walter Sisulu University

Election procedure will be probed

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Brief | 17 November 2016

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Thriving car wash started with one man in a wheelchair

"I have gained my independence, doing things that I didn’t think I would be able to do,” says owner

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News | 17 November 2016

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Fees are an issue at school too, not just university

For many learners, school fees are a barrier to education

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Analysis | 17 November 2016

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Feud over electricity in East London

Residents in RDP houses blame illegal connections for power failures

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News | 17 November 2016

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Blind man has to walk three kilometres to fetch water

The daily struggle of Ernest Mdunge and his disabled sister

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News | 16 November 2016

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Small scale fishers say they face bleak Christmas

Protesters say government policy designed to empower them is failing

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News | 16 November 2016

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Social grant recipients want answers from SASSA

Pietermaritzburg beneficiaries still waiting for their money

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Brief | 16 November 2016

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R380,000 grant for community food gardens spent on hotel bills

National Development Agency to file complaint with police against Khayelitsha Development Forum

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News | 16 November 2016

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Housing activists block access to Public Works department

They protested that the Western Cape government's feasibility study on the controversial Tafelberg property is overdue

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News | 15 November 2016

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Advertising watchdog placed under Business Rescue

Lawyers will represent the institution on contingency basis in key upcoming court case

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News | 15 November 2016

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Ballet on the rise in JHB

Children from Alexandra, Soweto, Braamfontein and Hillbrow are being trained in classical dance

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Brief | 15 November 2016

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Way of life restored for Langebaan fishers

Fishers win the right to use Zone B on Langebaan lagoon

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News | 15 November 2016

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Fired workers block access to public toilets

Cleaners in Uitenhage say they have been "tricked"

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News | 14 November 2016

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Refugee sleeps better selling pillows

Tafadzwa Mukwayo makes pillows out of recycled material, and sells them

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News | 14 November 2016

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ANC members tire of waiting for imposed ward councillors to resign

Residents of King William's Town and Qunu protest against councillors

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News | 14 November 2016

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