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Overcrowding leads to Ekurhuleni land occupation

New settlement named after Abahlali baseMjondolo president S’bu Zikode

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News | 16 May 2018

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State of the art library to open in Dunoon

Libraries in poor communities have to be built from scratch

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News | 16 May 2018

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H₂O International’s motives not pure

The purifying company’s South African franchise has made unproven claims about municipal water

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Science | 16 May 2018

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Thousands march in solidarity with Palestine

“I stand here as a Jewish South African to say to Israel: ‘Enough! Enough shooting unarmed protesters!’”

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News | 15 May 2018

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East London has no budget to clean toilets, says official

Duncan Village communal toilets in terrible state

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News | 15 May 2018

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Parents stop teaching at primary school after allegations of corporal punishment

Children beaten with coat hanger says parent

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Brief | 15 May 2018

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Ramaphosa visits home of gunned-down corruption-fighting councillor

ANC comrades accuse each other of KZN political murders

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News | 15 May 2018

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Refugee organisation condemns raids by Home Affairs

Government says it will continue to enforce immigration legislation with “full might of the law” and “no respite”

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Brief | 15 May 2018

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Bus strike over: Employers and unions agree on 9%

Agreement on backdated pay reached

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Brief | 14 May 2018

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Vrygrond residents torch ward councillor’s car

Community protests after shacks demolished on Sunday morning

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Brief | 14 May 2018

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Eastern Cape learners battle without internet access

Free internet and wifi in public libraries stopped last year

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Brief | 14 May 2018

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“This place, honestly, has saved my life”

Shelters to get boost from City of Cape Town for winter

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News | 14 May 2018

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Cheese factory has to secure its property or risk losing it

EbuMnandini residents interdicted from occupying Cremona land until September

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News | 12 May 2018

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Court orders PRASA to release audio recordings

Tapes will show whether board took decision to disband Legal Panel

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News | 11 May 2018

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Cape Town councillor promises new social housing by 2019

Activists vow to continue occupying Helen Bowden Nursing Home and Woodstock Hospital

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News | 11 May 2018

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No money to improve school says KZN education department

Protests enter third week at Pietermaritzburg high school

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