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Redhill land claimant compensated nearly 20 years later

“I was hoping we’d get the land, but what can we do? We must let go.”

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Cape Town’s taps could really run dry

No guarantee of winter rain, scientists say

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News | 3 April 2017

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The learners who cross a lake with hippos in it to get to school

Department of Education provides a boat at last

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News | 3 April 2017

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Understanding Judge Davis’s dope judgment

While a step towards decriminalisation, there’s a way to go before you can light up a joint without fear of arrest

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Pretoria: Anti-Zuma protest in pictures

Demonstrations outside Union Buildings and National Treasury in support of axed Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan

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Photo Essay | 31 March 2017

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Hundreds outside Parliament call for Zuma to resign

Joining protests in Pretoria, following the President’s cabinet reshuffle, civil society and faith-based groups demonstrated in Cape Town

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News | 31 March 2017

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Cash Paymaster Services signs new SASSA deal

Constitutional Court terms met, says CPS

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Brief | 31 March 2017

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“Crooks who only care about their pockets”

Social grant recipients angry about deductions

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News | 31 March 2017

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We’ll occupy Helen Bowden building for “as long as possible” say activists

No direct action taken yet by provincial government

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News | 31 March 2017

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Man dies from dog bites 39 days later

Many unanswered questions on how Andries Afrikaner came to die

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News | 31 March 2017

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Student undergoes surgery after alleged corporal punishment

Education Department says it will investigate

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Brief | 31 March 2017

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Zuma cabinet reshuffle: what people are saying

GroundUp asked members of the public what they think of the axing of the Minister of Finance

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News | 31 March 2017

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No bail for murderer of sex worker

Mthethwa’s wealth won’t get him different treatment, says judge

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News | 31 March 2017

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“Insourcing at UWC is unaffordable” says university

But dismissed security guards, “desperate to start working”, won’t give up their protest

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Brief | 31 March 2017

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Protests called against Zuma’s cabinet reshuffle

Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan and his deputy have been axed

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Brief | 31 March 2017

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Watch model smash stereotypes in the fashion industry

Lebohang Monyatsi’s disability has not stopped her from chasing her teenage dream

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