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Manenberg parents demand donated funds from school

Principal says money to be used for next year’s fees

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News | 5 March 2018

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Khayelitsha learners march for more teachers

More than 130,000 learners have relocated to the Western Cape over past five years, according to provincial education department

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Brief | 2 March 2018

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Waste pickers snubbed by City and Province

“Absence of land is blocking our dream”

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News | 2 March 2018

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Charges dropped against UWC students after 16 months

“Being falsely accused and imprisoned was terrifying”

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News | 2 March 2018

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Here is the status of Cape Town’s water supply projects

City promises to engage with UCT scientists over concerns about drilling into the Table Mountain Group aquifer

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News | 2 March 2018

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Quarrel over Sarah Baartman sculpture at UCT

Librarian removes covering that students had placed over Willie Bester’s artwork

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News | 2 March 2018

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Cape Town is paying for national government failures, say officials

Ian Neilson warns that Day Zero is still possible: water consumption needs to drop to 450 million litres daily

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News | 1 March 2018

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City says no money to house evictees in Woodstock

Albert Road residents refuse to move to Blikkiesdorp and Wolwerivier

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Brief | 1 March 2018

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Cape Town church calls for decriminalisation of sex work

“Jesus was the first to decriminalise sex work” says church banner

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News | 1 March 2018

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Court battle over Zimbabwean children in SA custody

Parents seek urgent interdict to stop deportation

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News | 1 March 2018

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Living on a lottery prayer

How poor people keep the Lottery coffers filled

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Feature | 1 March 2018

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“Chocolate City”, where houses melt in the rain

Hundreds have lived in mud homes for decades in Dambuza

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Brief | 1 March 2018

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Soccer clubs fall victim to drought

No water to maintain Atlantis sports fields

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Brief | 1 March 2018

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Rush to drill for water threatens our future water supply

Extracting water from the Table Mountain Group aquifer threatens biodiversity and makes little difference to Day Zero

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Opinion | 28 February 2018

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Court bid to reinstate SADC Tribunal

Judgment expected on Thursday

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Law | 28 February 2018

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Want to curb abalone poaching? Treat the cause

Drone video that showed poachers being caught misses the point

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Opinion | 28 February 2018

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