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Court victory for Pollsmoor prisoners

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Ethics of our Table Mountain mugger article

Story is in the public interest

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Paralysed man gets his medication

Compensation Fund apologises

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Brief | 5 December 2016

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Ekapa and zama-zamas fight over mining rights

Will Department of Mineral Resources use the opportunity to regulate small-miners?

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Law | 5 December 2016

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Ekapa case shows South Africa’s stark inequalities

Mining companies and government move to end livelihoods of thousands of informal miners

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Opinion | 5 December 2016

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Table Mountain’s easy targets: On the trail with a Hout Bay mugger

"You can do whatever you want. You can get away quickly. It's easy."

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Feature | 4 December 2016

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Political parties lead march against electricity cuts

Nelson Mandela Bay Deputy-Mayor Mongameli Bobani accuses them of confusing residents

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News | 2 December 2016

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Community care workers left to fend for themselves again

Workers excluded from proposed minimum wage

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Opinion | 2 December 2016

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Iziko criticised for using art of murder accused Zwelethu Mthethwa

Artist is on trial for the slaying of sex worker Nokuphila Kumalo

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News | 2 December 2016

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Demand for sign language and braille in police stations

Gugulethu campaign for better services for people with disabilities

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Brief | 2 December 2016

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Hearings on Khoi San Bill held with no translation into Khoi and San languages

Portfolio committee hearings in Northern Cape off to shaky start

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Opinion | 1 December 2016

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School falls apart and workers say they haven’t been paid

Yet Eastern Cape government is satisfied with construction work

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News | 1 December 2016

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“We want a better life, maybe a brick house”

Elderly retrenched farm workers describe their difficulties

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News | 1 December 2016

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“Immigrants link SA to the rest of Africa”

Cape Town Refugee Centre event held in Joe Slovo Park

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92-year-old pensioner abandoned by family and social workers

"I’m just an old orphan without anyone"

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News | 1 December 2016

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Reclaim the City demands end to Sea Point evictions

“I can’t be on the street with my children” says Thandeka Sisusa

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