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IEC gives students opportunity to register after deadline

This will help out-of-town students to vote

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Brief | 16 January 2019

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Learners have to stand during lessons

Pietermaritzburg school needs 25 more classrooms, says principal

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News | 16 January 2019

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Ghanaian matriculant gets funding to start university

Company pays half Ebenezer Odei’s fees and will try to crowdfund the balance

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Brief | 16 January 2019

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Sexual harassment: Equal Education leader found not guilty

But panel finds General Secretary acted “inappropriately”

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Brief | 16 January 2019

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City accused of destroying occupied shacks in Khayelitsha

Authorities say shacks were unoccupied but residents say otherwise

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Feature | 15 January 2019

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TVET students block off campus

Students in Pietermaritzburg protest at closure of hostels

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News | 15 January 2019

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Showdown with Herman Mashaba looms over housing court order

Municipality has missed deadline to find accommodation for Hillbrow residents, but Johannesburg official says backlog is the fault of past administrations

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News | 15 January 2019

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Families still without electricity, four years after fire

No electricity can be installed in wetlands, says City of Cape Town

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News | 15 January 2019

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SGB shuts down school after dispute with principal

Learners want the school reopened

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News | 14 January 2019

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Sign language included as a subject for matric exam

Victory for deaf learners, says Dominican School for the Deaf

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News | 14 January 2019

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“No-fee” schools turn away children who can’t pay

One mother told to pay for her child’s chair

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News | 14 January 2019

Juanita Booyse and her husband Manie break down in tears outside their destroyed hoe in Bettysbay

Dozens of homes destroyed in Overstrand fire

Betty’s Bay bears the brunt of blaze, which is now under control

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Photo Essay | 12 January 2019

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“Overcrowded” Bishop Lavis school to get more teachers

Activists say they will continue protests at other schools in the area

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Brief | 11 January 2019

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Amanzimtoti community without water for weeks

Ethekwini Municipality has promised to send water trucks to the community

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Brief | 11 January 2019

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Ghanaian matriculant battles with Home Affairs over documents

Ebenezer Odei has been accepted to study at UCT but his residency status causes funding delays

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Brief | 11 January 2019

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From struggling in grade 10 to school’s top student in matric

Masiphumelele High School teen will begin studying mechanical engineering at UCT this year

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News | 10 January 2019

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