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“We should be able to stay in cities where we work”

Activists from across the country meet to take housing struggle forward

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News | 29 August 2017

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Shaun Abrahams ducks every issue UDF veterans raise

NPA head refuses to withdraw appeal in Zuma corruption case

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News | 29 August 2017

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Blind Eastern Cape couple hope to go back to school

When I had my own eyes I had big dreams, says Port St Johns man

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News | 29 August 2017

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New drug plan promises shift in policy

For the first time, the plan includes input from drug users

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News | 29 August 2017

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“Drugs is a fight that we will never win”

Part three of our series on vigilantism in South Africa

Text by Christopher Clark. Photos by Shaun Swingler.

Feature | 29 August 2017

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Muslim marriages under court scrutiny

Women need protection of the law, argues Women’s Legal Centre

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Law | 28 August 2017

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Matatiele protesters demand roads and water

Roads closed with rocks and burning tyres

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News | 28 August 2017

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Learners accuse teacher of sexual assault

Education department probe finds teacher not guilty but learners want him fired

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News | 28 August 2017

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CPUT students protest over accommodation

Exams cancelled after students enter hall

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Brief | 28 August 2017

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Swapping “rubbish” for food in Dunoon

Recycle Swop Shop offers unemployed residents an option

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News | 28 August 2017

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Police lack plan for stopping gangs

Second SAPS appearance before Parliament in two weeks not much more successful than first

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Parliament | 28 August 2017

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1Life to refund pensioner after unexplained policy deductions

“They said one of my children signed me up, but I have never heard of the person with that name”

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News | 28 August 2017

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Legality of Howell Street evictions questioned

“You cannot evict someone unless you have alternative accommodation, and these people have nowhere to go” says municipality official

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News | 25 August 2017

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Three years after the Khayelitsha Commission, has there been progress?

Western Cape Premier and SJC disagree on police track record

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News | 25 August 2017

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“They say we are assaulting people. We say we are blessing them.”

Part two of a three part series on vigilantism in South Africa

Text by Christopher Clark. Photos by Shaun Swingler.

Feature | 25 August 2017

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Backyarder programme doesn’t go far enough, say Bellville South residents

Residents complain of living conditions in spite of City of Cape Town upgrade

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News | 25 August 2017

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