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Residents compel Limpopo municipality to provide clean water

But it remains to be seen if the Sekhukhune District Municipality will stick to court settlement

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Law | 18 August 2017

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Sundays River business owners demand more state contracts

Hundreds march upon municipal offices

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News | 18 August 2017

Aerial view of Helderstroom Prison

Can imprisoned asylum seekers be deported?

What happens to a Somali refugee may give the answer

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Brief | 18 August 2017

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How Net1 will make money after social grant contract ends

Card linking grant recipients to company’s services will remain active

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News | 18 August 2017

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False start to Parliament’s state capture probe

“The key thing here is that we need to get the money back as soon as possible”

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Parliament | 17 August 2017

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Mine workers remember the Marikana massacre

Five years later conditions in nearby Nkaneng township remain largely unchanged

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News | 17 August 2017

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Masiphumelele residents reject portable toilets

“I must sit in front of my children to do my business because my house is not big enough for privacy”

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Brief | 17 August 2017

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Blind and diabetic in a cold little shack

Gugulethu woman tries to get by on R350 a month

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News | 17 August 2017

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Disclosure of party funding: only if it’s relevant, says DA

Not all funding information is useful to voters, argues opposition party

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Law | 16 August 2017

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Activists demand justice for Marikana massacre victims

Right2Know march in Cape Town

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News | 16 August 2017

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Eastern Cape towns struggle with water rationing

Drought takes its toll in Amathole district

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Brief | 16 August 2017

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Tension between haves and have-nots over electricity

Witsand’s informal settlement residents blame Eskom for electrification delays

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News | 16 August 2017

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Blaze leaves dozens of girls unable to attend school

Gamble Street Secondary School appeals for assistance

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Brief | 16 August 2017

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“We are not winning the war on crime” admits SAPS

Parliament rebukes unprepared police

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Parliament | 16 August 2017

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R60bn Constitutional Court case against banks

Applicants want criminal investigation into bank executives

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News | 16 August 2017

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Informal miners demand legalisation of their work

Zama-zamas march on Department of Mineral Resources

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