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Motshekga misses the deadline for Vukile Tshwete High

School infrastructure promises not kept

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News | 29 November 2016

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Harare sex workers beat the cash crunch

Customers pay online

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News | 29 November 2016

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Six years on and no sign of police investigation into missing man

Gift Mutsumba disappeared one night in 2010 and has not been heard from since

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News | 29 November 2016

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Eskom and the sale of Optimum Coal Mine

Was Brian Molefe merely trying to protect the electricity supply?

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Analysis | 29 November 2016

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Social grants: Minister to make announcement on switchover

Black Sash warns of looming national crisis

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News | 28 November 2016

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Home Affairs office loses asylum documents

"How can I work without my asylum?"

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News | 28 November 2016

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Stop giving to beggars so they can move elsewhere, says City councillor

Iā€™m on the streets because my shack has been destroyed by the City, says homeless woman

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News | 28 November 2016

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East London men march against women abuse

ā€œReal men provide and protectā€ chant marchers

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Brief | 28 November 2016

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Small-scale fishers demand their rights

Dozens protest at Parliament over fishing permit policy

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News | 26 November 2016

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Dispute over Cityā€™s confiscation of tradersā€™ goods

Government wouldnā€™t do this to Pick ā€˜n Pay, says activist

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News | 25 November 2016

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Understanding the court challenge to the nuclear deal

Major case against state capture will be heard in December

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GroundView | 25 November 2016

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Robertson Winery’s 14-week strike ends

Union agrees to 8% but says industry is forever changed

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News | 24 November 2016

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Residents try to rescue Somalis trapped in blaze

Four people die in burning buiding

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News | 24 November 2016

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No answers from municipality to residentsā€™ complaints of leaking sewerage pipes

Duncan Village residents say their houses are wet and smelly

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News | 24 November 2016

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Dunoon residents lose out in City of Cape Town’s new boundaries

But Atlantis councillor welcomes move

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News | 24 November 2016

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Long jail terms for mocking Zimbabwe’s new currency

Parliament rushes through law in anticipation of bond note introduction

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