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Commuters and activists occupy PRASA and ANC offices

#UniteBehind plans hunger strike on 26 April

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News | 17 April 2019

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Lottery recipient’s attempt to muzzle media fails - for now

Court refuses to hear urgent application from Lesley Ramulifho against GroundUp, The Citizen and Daily Dispatch

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Brief | 17 April 2019

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Cyclone Idai: Zimbabweans rally to help each other

Citizens didn’t wait for government to organise relief effort

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Feature | 17 April 2019

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Evicted family spend three weeks on R44 roadside

“They are unemployed and in desperate need of funding so they can buy food”

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Brief | 17 April 2019

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Residents of Ncwadi have to walk 15 km to catch a taxi

Roads are so bad the taxis won’t enter the area

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News | 17 April 2019

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Families left in shipping containers for 12 years

22 Langa families were moved out for a hostel upgrade in 2006

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Brief | 17 April 2019

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Zimbabweans leave after xenophobic attacks in Vuwani

“I miss my fellow Zimbabweans. We used to stay as a family but we are now scattered in Limpopo”

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Brief | 17 April 2019

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Protesters stand in solidarity with “Gangster State” author

Activists call on ANC to recall Ace Magashule

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Brief | 16 April 2019

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Watson wind farm stopped - for now

Acting Minister upholds appeal of environmental groups

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News | 16 April 2019

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Homophobic staff at Cape Quarter coffee shop make chef’s life a misery

Bootlegger management says homophobia is unacceptable and it is rectifying the situation

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Brief | 16 April 2019

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Learner killed on Cape Town Metrorail

Simo Maninginingi Kwepe was hit by a train on Friday morning

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News | 15 April 2019

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IN PHOTOS: Zimbabweans struggle to recover from Cyclone Idai

Crops have been destroyed. And where houses once stood there are now rocks

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Photo Essay | 15 April 2019

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Metrorail’s collapse costs those that need it most

“If I take the train and arrive at 11am, the boss can fire me”

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News | 15 April 2019

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“We hope we will be the last generation of waste pickers to face these difficulties”

Government releases guidelines for municipalities to integrate Informal waste pickers into the economy

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Brief | 15 April 2019

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Immigrant-owned shop saved by residents, later looted

Owner says this is the fourth time since 2007 he has had to flee. Police stretched to the limit

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Brief | 12 April 2019

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Immigrant-owned shops ransacked in Strand

Residents blame land occupiers, but occupiers deny involvement

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News | 12 April 2019

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