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Nurses call for Health MEC to be axed

KZN nurses say they are chronically short-staffed and underpaid

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Brief | 24 May 2018

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Khayelitsha residents march in the rain demanding better living conditions

Memorandum delivered to ANC councillor

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Brief | 24 May 2018

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Transgender rights: Vital case heads to Equality Court

Prisoner alleges unfair discrimination

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Law | 24 May 2018

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Another Abahlali activist shot dead

S’fiso Ngcobo shot seven times at his home

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News | 23 May 2018

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Parkwood erupts in protest after shack demolitions

“How must we sleep now? On glass, on sand, on bricks, on garbage? They took everything from us.”

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News | 23 May 2018

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“When will we black lesbians live freely in our community?”

Triangle Project moves to get man accused of lesbian murder behind bars

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Brief | 23 May 2018

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Wild Coast Road: communities have been consulted

We are compensating households affected by the road, says SANRAL

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Opinion | 23 May 2018

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“We had no thermometer in the whole clinic”

Nurses at East London clinic say they are battling

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News | 23 May 2018

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Minister attempts to reassure Parkwood backyarders

“So what do we do now? Do we take down the structures that are already up? If we do, where will we go?” asks land occupier

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News | 23 May 2018

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Western Cape teacher on trial for sex crime was allowed to continue teaching

But MEC Debbie Schäfer demanded Equal Education stop all school activities after sexual misconduct allegations unrelated to learners

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News | 22 May 2018

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Sexual assault charges against teacher dropped after five postponements

Court told the investigating officer is on leave and therefore witnesses could not be located

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Brief | 22 May 2018

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School even had its burglar bars stolen

Parents close Empumalanga Primary in protest as school is stripped by thieves

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News | 22 May 2018

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How do we prevent South Africans from getting sick with TB?

Part three of a three-part series on a neglected disease that kills over a hundred thousand South Africans every year

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Feature | 22 May 2018

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Concourt explains test for racism in the workplace

Employee who used the phrase “swart man” was rightly dismissed

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Law | 22 May 2018

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“We’re not asking for a place like Marina Da Gama” says Vrygrond protester

Running battles over land occupation continue

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News | 21 May 2018

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Maynard Street residents snubbed by mayoral committee members

“They are running away from accountability to the electorate” says community spokesperson

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