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PRASA lawyers try to stop R59 million payment to Siyaya

Head of legal services claims board chairperson acted without authority

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News | 16 March 2018

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2.5 million people at risk of not receiving social grants on time

Provincial heads at the South African Social Security Agency briefed Parliament on contingency plans

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Parliament | 16 March 2018

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Education department argues it’s not responsible for shoddy schools

Judgment reserved in case on norms and standards in Bhisho High Court

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Law | 16 March 2018

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Don’t take us away from our customers, traders ask Mayor Athol Trollip

Informal vendors in Port Elizabeth relocated to site without customers, water, electricity or toilets

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News | 15 March 2018

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Call for action against abusive churches

Speak the Truth marches in Braamfontein

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News | 15 March 2018

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Equal Education in court against Motshekga over broken schools

Education department says it is dependent on other parts of government to fix schools

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News | 15 March 2018

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Will there be more rain this winter?

The sooner we know the answer, the sooner we can prepare for summer 2019

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Science | 15 March 2018

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I had to repeat grade ten because of Metrorail

Learners in Cape Town schools badly affected by collapsing train service

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News | 15 March 2018

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Informal gold miners raise money to bury their friend

More Ngondi was killed by mine security

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Brief | 15 March 2018

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Scores left homeless after demolitions in Makhaza

Spate of land occupations in Cape Town continues

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Brief | 14 March 2018

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Are resident associations being captured by the property industry?

Sea Point shows how developers use these organisations to advance their own interests

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Analysis | 14 March 2018

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Residents want sewerage system because pit toilets are full

Ward councillor says there will be sewers by 2019 latest

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Brief | 14 March 2018

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Security guards queue for days to renew certificates

Psira’s new registration procedure causes workers to lose money and sleep outside

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News | 14 March 2018

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Home Affairs defying court order, says LRC

Five years of court battles to get Home Affairs to honour constitutional rights of refugees

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News | 14 March 2018

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Court orders Brett Herron to explain emergency housing options

City officials to visit Wolwerivier with activists this weekend

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News | 13 March 2018

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New land occupation in Kraaifontein

93 families say they wish to establish a crime free informal settlement for themselves

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Brief | 13 March 2018

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