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Home Affairs tells man to come back with his dead mother

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Reclaim the City opposes interdict granted to Growthpoint Properties

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Hardworking and dedicated, but these janitors in East London can go unpaid for weeks

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Picket against bad treatment at Lusikisiki clinic

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Students burn their beds at UKZN

Protests over conditions at San Sabil residence in Durban

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Mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay says hands off Uitenhage land occupation

Over 200 shacks erected in Khayelitsha with ward councillor’s support

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PE residents want police station commander removed

Protesters allege corruption and incompetence at Motherwell SAPS

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Residents mobilise for new school in Masiphumelele

Parents unhappy with sending their children to Ocean View

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20,000 people at risk of eviction on Drakenstein farms

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Tsomo’s mystery water tankers

Municipality says it provides a water tanker but residents say they’ve never seen one

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News | 1 March 2019

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500 families wait for drains to be emptied

Pietermaritzburg municipality admits to maintenance problem

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News | 1 March 2019

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Former PRASA Rail CEO back in the dock for fraud

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News | 28 February 2019

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Six years and government house still not finished

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Blind Zimbabwean loses refugee status after identity muddle

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