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No justice for assassinated Abahlali activists

Investigating officer claimed no knowledge of S’fiso Ngcobo’s case, hung up the phone, and blocked our number

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Feature | 12 September 2018

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Township residents march on Parliament as crime statistics are released

“We sleep hearing gunshots and wake up hearing gunshots”

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News | 11 September 2018

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“Mass shutdown” planned on the Cape Flats in October

Hundreds expected to march against crime and gang violence

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News | 11 September 2018

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Affordable Housing: City of Cape Town and developers at crossroads

An inclusionary housing policy can stimulate density and new development

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Opinion | 11 September 2018

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Civil servant goes to prison for stealing farm

Case highlights extent to which corrupt officials easily manipulate the land reform process

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News | 11 September 2018

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8,000 school places blocked in Western Cape

Parents anxious their children won’t find a place next year

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News | 11 September 2018

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“I called the police many times but they never came”

What victims and perpetrators of Soweto’s xenophobic violence say

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Feature | 10 September 2018

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Understanding the Muslim marriages judgment

Despite fierce opposition, the Cape High Court has compelled government to introduce legislation that recognises Muslim marriages

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Law | 10 September 2018

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Protesters demand South Africa intervene in upcoming DRC elections

Congolese demonstrators oppose electronic voting machines

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Brief | 10 September 2018

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Sportsfield now a new informal settlement

Over 300 households are making a life for themselves in newly-named Ekupholeni

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News | 10 September 2018

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KwaMashu hostel residents fed up with City’s neglect

“Sometimes I don’t even tell people where I live. I refuse to believe that there is a community allowed to live like this.”

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News | 7 September 2018

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Ignorance about people with HIV still exists in 2018

“It was like I was dirty … I had no choice but to leave home”

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News | 7 September 2018

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Criminal justice system abused to stifle protest, says report

Right2Protest coalition launches State of Protest Report

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News | 7 September 2018

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Women create refuge for abused people living with disability

“In one house a child was tied to a fridge”

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News | 7 September 2018

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Commuters want September train tickets to be valid for two months

Metrorail admits 37% trains delayed and 18% cancelled in August in Cape Town

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News | 6 September 2018

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Zimbabweans in limbo after giving Home Affairs asylum papers

Special dispensation was meant to regularise Zimbabweans but left many undocumented for years

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News | 6 September 2018

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