Law to stop detention of mentally ill in prisons

Bill to bring Criminal Procedure Act in line with the Constitution

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Law | 10 February 2017

In photos: protests at State of Nation Address 2017

Despite violence inside Parliament, outside was mostly peaceful

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Photo Essay | 10 February 2017

Marikana case: Home owner in informal settlement asks City to buy her property

“She went from being a property owner to living at the middle of an informal settlement. … This is her primary residence.”

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News | 9 February 2017

Weeks of no electricity for Buffalo City town

Municipality blames illegal connections for blowing transformer

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Brief | 9 February 2017

Mining company fights Northern Cape community over asbestos

Kumba Iron Ore takes Dingleton residents to court

Text by Ashleigh Furlong. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.

News | 9 February 2017

Can minister make decision costing R1 trillion without consulting anyone?

NGOs challenge Tina Joemat-Pettersson in court

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Law | 9 February 2017

Landmark Marikana case begins: 60,000 people’s homes at stake

City asked to buy or expropriate land occupied in Philippi East

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News | 8 February 2017

Rhodes statue in silicosis protest

Mines must pay compensation to sick miners, say activists

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News | 8 February 2017

People’s Assembly calls for Zuma to resign

Numerous civil society organisations hold “real state of the nation address” in St George’s Cathedral

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News | 8 February 2017

Gay student kicked out of Durban college

“She said I must leave her class because she cannot teach a gay guy”

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News | 8 February 2017

Cape Town mother’s long wait for social grants

SASSA pays out six-year backlog

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News | 8 February 2017

Soweto drama group aims to tour National Arts Festival

They perform a play about growing up on township streets

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News | 8 February 2017

Don’t treat drug users as criminals, say health workers

Harm reduction better than a police war on drugs, argues TB/HIV Care Association

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Feature | 8 February 2017

TAC calls for Roche to drop price of cancer drug

Activists say that with generic competition trastuzumab could be R3,500 per course instead of the current price of over R200,000

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News | 7 February 2017

Five campuses shut down at Walter Sisulu University

Students demand free registration

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News | 7 February 2017

Women affected by mining call for inclusive Indaba

Community members say they are not heard at the event

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News | 7 February 2017