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32 Battalion veterans left in limbo in forgotten military town

Pomfret is in decline and its 3,000 Portuguese speaking residents face an uncertain future

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Feature | 14 November 2018

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Court stops Bo-Kaap residents from interfering with tower block construction

Association says right to protest has been infringed

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News | 13 November 2018

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Farm workers demand dividends from black empowerment scheme

They have accused Endulini Fruit Farm of fronting in order to get land rights

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News | 13 November 2018

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15-year-old dream comes true for young entrepreneurs

New township bakery creates jobs for the youth of Duncan Village

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Solutions | 13 November 2018

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Three ways to improve justice in South Africa

Our court system is frustrating, slow and technologically backward

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GroundView | 13 November 2018

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Woman breaks leg while trying to use communal toilet

“I was in so much pain”, says Khayelitsha woman

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Brief | 13 November 2018

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Six years later Constitutional Court orders Woolies to reinstate retrenched workers

Woolworths should have considered alternatives, says country’s highest court

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Law | 12 November 2018

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Equal Education calls on Ramaphosa to get involved in fixing schools

This follows decision by Concourt not to hear education department’s appeal against norms and standards judgment

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News | 12 November 2018

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“The struggle for work in East London is hell”

Unemployed men wait on the side of the road for work

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News | 12 November 2018

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Fisheries department rots from the top

A factional war lays bare a culture of corruption

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Feature | 12 November 2018

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MyCiTi workers continue to strike as buses are burnt

Taxi bosses have started defending buses in Milnerton

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News | 9 November 2018

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Metrorail is bad enough if you can see: it’s worse if you’re blind

Blind commuters recount their daily battles on the trains

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News | 9 November 2018

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“Criminals rule this village”

Flagstaff residents demand better policing and tougher action

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Brief | 9 November 2018

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Evicted Blikkiesdorp families refuse to return

All but one of the families evicted have found other accommodation

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Brief | 9 November 2018

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Simon’s Town shack dwellers’ long wait for housing

Nowethu Ngxangana has been living in Redhill for more than 25 years

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News | 9 November 2018

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Court overturns state’s approval of controversial coal mine

Punitive costs award against state

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Law | 8 November 2018

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