Photo of marchers on the Grand Parade

1960s pass law protests commemorated in city

Symbolic march led by Philip Kgosana

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Brief | 30 March 2016

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Activists take police minister to court

Demand equitable allocation of resources between rich and poor areas

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News | 30 March 2016

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Charges against #FeesMustFall protesters dropped

Case against 29 arrested at march on Parliament will not proceed

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Brief | 30 March 2016

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Taxi strike shuts down Durban city centre

Customers and shop owners hide out of fear of looting and teargas

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Brief | 30 March 2016

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Happy ending for banned Zimbabwean

Home Affairs allows her back into South Africa

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Brief | 30 March 2016

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Don’t blame apartheid for our problems, struggle hero tells government

Philip Kgosana remembers the 1960 march on parliament

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Interview | 30 March 2016

Drawing of Greenmarket Square in 1762

How a slave from Mauritius led a rebellion in Cape Town

And how he was influenced by a revolution in Haiti

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Information | 30 March 2016

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Lessons in state capture from the Broederbond scandal

The ANC investigation into the Gupta scandal needs to be treated with caution

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Opinion | 29 March 2016

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UCT sisters doing it for themselves

Eunice Mtsweni and her sister battle to make ends meet as they fund their studies at UCT

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Feature | 29 March 2016

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Grandmother and student battle to pay loan

Karabo owes UCT R70,000

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Feature | 29 March 2016

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Student describes why he considered suicide

Mbulelo owes UCT R40,000

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Feature | 29 March 2016

Photo of Nonhle Mbuthuma and Mzamo Dlamini

Assassinated anti-mining activist knew his life was in danger

Struggle against mining in Xolobeni will continue, promises Nonhle Mbuthuma

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Feature | 29 March 2016

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“We’re not going anywhere” say Dunoon backyarders

"The lack of housing has forced us to become victims of the landlords."

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News | 24 March 2016

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Medicine offers hope for heroin users in Mitchells Plain

But government unlikely to make it widely available

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Feature | 24 March 2016

Photo of trustees of the Ex-Sakkieskamp Community Trust.

Wellington community evicted under apartheid still waiting for land

Municipality fails to implement land restitution for 11 years

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News | 24 March 2016

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“Mobilise for a week of outrage” against Gupta crisis

Here is what social movement leaders are saying about the ANC NEC meeting, President Zuma and the Gupta family

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