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Old people and babies spend night outside in queue for SASSA services

“If you do not sleep here, you will not get assisted”

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News | 26 April 2019

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RDP house flooded every time it rains

“I was better off staying in the shacks”

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Brief | 26 April 2019

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Red Ants demolish 110 shacks in Dunoon

About 500 land occupiers lose their homes

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News | 25 April 2019

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President Ramaphosa should sign Copyright Amendment bill

Freedom of Panorama provision will help put more South African related content onto Wikipedia

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Opinion | 25 April 2019

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Former Sasol Coal miners claim more than R80 million for coal-related illnesses

Company says it took reasonable measures and the period for claims has expired

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Law | 25 April 2019

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Pigs feed in Ramaphosa Village graveyard

Tender challenge leaves Kouga Municipality cemeteries unfenced

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News | 25 April 2019

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Hundreds march in Cape Town for National Health Insurance

Protesters visit ten private health facilities to highlight unequal access to health care

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News | 24 April 2019

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Buy or expropriate the land, Marikana shack dwellers tell City

“In a big and beautiful city like Cape Town I don’t expect this kind of life”

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Brief | 24 April 2019

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Protest after informal settlement flooded in Durban

Councillor promises to act after residents call for disaster relief

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Brief | 24 April 2019

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Train arson suspect sent for psychiatric assessment

Court case postponed until 2 May

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Brief | 24 April 2019

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Evicted families stuck in Paarl caravan park for a year

Municipality says its emergency housing project was halted by community resistance

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News | 24 April 2019

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Athlone arts hub shuts its doors

Closure follows collapse of Catholic Welfare and Development

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Brief | 24 April 2019

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Strand protesters threaten to disrupt elections

Protest follows picket by property owners last week

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News | 24 April 2019

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We’re lucky to be alive, says Durban flood survivor

Xolani Ngubo’s shack collapsed on him and his family while they were sleeping

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News | 23 April 2019

Praymore Mwarumba was staying Ngangu in Chumanimani when Cyclone Idai hit. When the first light arrived Mwarumba immediately started helping.

The everyday heroes of Cyclone Idai

Zimbabwe’s people helped as best they could

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Feature | 23 April 2019

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Train arson suspect in court on Wednesday

Western Cape has increased its available train sets from 39 in December 2018 to 56 currently

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