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Border War veterans fall through the cracks of reconciliation

“32 Battalion raped our women. They killed our brothers and sisters. It’s painful living with the legacy of their oppression.”

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Feature | 19 November 2018

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In Johannesburg you have to pay to picket. Activists have had enough

Right2Know leads march against municipality’s protest fees

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News | 17 November 2018

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Over 2,000 schools without toilets, says Equal Education

Organisation marks ten years of struggle

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News | 16 November 2018

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Billions spent on railway contracts. Yet Metrorail collapses

Roy Moodley, who is implicated in a leaked forensic report, says that criminal charges have been laid against GroundUp reporters

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News | 16 November 2018

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Saldanha Bay clinic burnt as community anger boils over

Mayor appoints task team to deal with residents’ demands

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News | 16 November 2018

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Living on a dumpsite since 1992

We’ve been forgotten, say residents of eTipini in East London

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Brief | 16 November 2018

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Evicted Gympie Street residents face bleak future

“For us to go and stay in another place is like starting all over again”

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News | 16 November 2018

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Shacks burnt, residents arrested, man shot in testicles as Durban targets shackdwellers

Anti-Land-Invasion Unit moves into Cato Crest settlement again

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News | 15 November 2018

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Budding KZN scientist wins film award

Jamila Janna is becoming an expert in snails

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Solutions | 15 November 2018

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Victory for workers at Dis-Chem

Employees who had been working through a labour broker to become permanent

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News | 15 November 2018

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New school bus on the cards for Cape Winelands learners

Education department also reviewing rules on provision of scholar transport for rural areas

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Brief | 15 November 2018

Over 1000 residents protest along Southern Bypass Street in Vredenburg.

Vredenburg closed off as protesters demand better living conditions

Shops shut and roads blocked

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Photo Essay | 15 November 2018

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Army has still not complied with court order, say Marievale families

Families evicted from military base say they are being harassed by soldiers

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News | 14 November 2018

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Learners take a knee during Israeli national anthem

Herzlia School says the two students face “disciplinary and educational” consequences

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Brief | 14 November 2018

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Families can’t bury loved ones as mortuary workers on go-slow

Relatives shocked by conditions in Pietermaritzburg mortuary

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News | 14 November 2018

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32 Battalion veterans left in limbo in forgotten military town

Pomfret is in decline and its 3,000 Portuguese speaking residents face an uncertain future

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Feature | 14 November 2018

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