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I had to repeat grade ten because of Metrorail

Learners in Cape Town schools badly affected by collapsing train service

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News | 15 March 2018

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Informal gold miners raise money to bury their friend

More Ngondi was killed by mine security

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Brief | 15 March 2018

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Scores left homeless after demolitions in Makhaza

Spate of land occupations in Cape Town continues

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Brief | 14 March 2018

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Are resident associations being captured by the property industry?

Sea Point shows how developers use these organisations to advance their own interests

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Analysis | 14 March 2018

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Residents want sewerage system because pit toilets are full

Ward councillor says there will be sewers by 2019 latest

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Brief | 14 March 2018

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Security guards queue for days to renew certificates

Psira’s new registration procedure causes workers to lose money and sleep outside

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News | 14 March 2018

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Home Affairs defying court order, says LRC

Five years of court battles to get Home Affairs to honour constitutional rights of refugees

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News | 14 March 2018

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Court orders Brett Herron to explain emergency housing options

City officials to visit Wolwerivier with activists this weekend

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News | 13 March 2018

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New land occupation in Kraaifontein

93 families say they wish to establish a crime free informal settlement for themselves

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Brief | 13 March 2018

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Hundreds lose their homes in Cape Town fire

Doornbach informal settlement hit by early morning blaze

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Brief | 13 March 2018

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Woodstock residents shocked by prospect of life in Wolwerivier

Community warns of conflict if more people relocated to overcrowded settlement

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News | 13 March 2018

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Eight years and counting for Home Affairs to fix clerical error

Wrong gender recorded on twin’s birth certificate

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Brief | 13 March 2018

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How Cape Town more than halved its water usage

Water consumption has dropped dramatically, but there is still more to be done

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Feature | 13 March 2018

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Community tries crowd funding to get toilets

With a week till deadline on Thundafund, not a cent has been raised

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News | 13 March 2018

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School pleaded for bridge over N2 — now a child has been knocked over

SANRAL and provincial government place responsibility on each other

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Brief | 12 March 2018

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Public pools unused while children drown in canal

Residents of Kirkwood want public swimming areas opened

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