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NEHAWU begins nationwide shutdown of colleges

Shutdown “indefinite” until demands are met says national spokesperson

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Brief | 14 February 2019

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Grahamstown residents queue for hours for water

Ageing infrastructure and drought blamed

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News | 14 February 2019

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“I am living and working for the next meal”

Khumbuzile Phakamile survives by selling empties to shebeens and trying to find gardening jobs that pay a pittance

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News | 14 February 2019

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Why is South Africa’s unemployment rate so high?

If people are not willing to invest in a country, it is almost impossible to generate new jobs, writes Professor Vimal Ranchhod

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Opinion | 14 February 2019

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The men who make a living from an old gold mine dump

“The gold is right here in the soil”

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Feature | 14 February 2019

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Court orders security company to pay R2.3 million to provident fund

“I just want to do the right thing”, wife of Proexec owner tells court

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News | 13 February 2019

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Violent protests disrupt CPUT campuses

13 students released on bail

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News | 13 February 2019

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Thousands take to streets in protest against job losses

Members of COSATU unions in nationwide marches and strike

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News | 13 February 2019

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Police chalk up arrests with anti-gang units

But civil society tells Parliament that an untrained and under resourced police force is failing communities

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Parliament | 13 February 2019

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How employment has changed in 10 years

Manufacturing — a vital industrial sector — has shed 300,000 jobs

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News | 13 February 2019

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Dead-end for MyCiTi strikers

EFF attempt to get City of Cape Town to insource workers fails

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News | 13 February 2019

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After years of fruitless job searching, Ayanda Kunene decided to create his own work

“There are so many people in our community who are unemployed yet we still see rubbish lying around”

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News | 13 February 2019

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Port Elizabeth clinic closed by crime

Councillor says 24-hour security needed at clinics

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Brief | 12 February 2019

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Students build shacks on campus in protest against accommodation shortage

We have nowhere else to go, say CPUT students

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News | 12 February 2019

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Nooitgedacht school children protest after shootings

Two people killed in a shooting outside the school on Sunday

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Brief | 12 February 2019

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Unemployment rate keeps climbing

Quarterly survey says 27.1% of the labour force is out of work. A year ago it was 26.7%

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Brief | 12 February 2019

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