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Cape Town school reopens amid battle with education department over closure

Cape High Court ordered the school to remain open pending the outcome of a Supreme Court of Appeal ruling

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News | 17 January 2019

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Cape Town’s strained transport service for disabled people

City confirms that Dial-a-Ride is “oversubscribed”

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News | 17 January 2019

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Unemployed, poor and desperate: the perfect prey for con-artists

“I was lucky to get work after paying before, but this time my money is gone for mahala”

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News | 17 January 2019

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Rental Tribunal sends clear message to landlords: Don’t treat tenants unfairly

Two Salt River families win cases against property owner

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Law | 17 January 2019

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Concourt takes compassionate approach to people who enter country unlawfully

Asylum delayed is not (necessarily) asylum denied

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Law | 17 January 2019

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Kumba Iron Ore demolishes Dingleton hostel

Residents losing long battle to stay in abandoned town

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News | 16 January 2019

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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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