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Dire need for housing is South Africa’s biggest challenge

We are on track to exceed our targets for the delivery of houses in Cape Town for the current financial year

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Opinion | 8 March 2018

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Riot in Mfuleni follows shack removals

“I want to have my own place and stand on my own two feet because I’m an adult”

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News | 8 March 2018

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Mother tells of her child’s death in shack fire

Family unable to afford funeral for nine-year-old

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News | 8 March 2018

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Community rebuilds Motherwell creche after fire

Sinethembe pre-school has opened in a new building after it was razed to the ground

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Brief | 8 March 2018

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Learners bullied into using taxis

High school students say taxis are cramped, late, unsafe, and expensive

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News | 8 March 2018

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Jobs and profits drying up on Western Cape grape farms

Farmer says his harvest is down 40%

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Feature | 8 March 2018

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Water curbs: a tale of rich and poor

Most water management devices installed in poor areas

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Analysis | 7 March 2018

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Zimbabwean children repatriated

Court sides with Department of Social Development against parents

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Brief | 7 March 2018

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SASSA is trying to blackmail Constitutional Court, says judge

Social Security Agency argues for extension of CPS contract

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News | 7 March 2018

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Informal gold miner shot dead and eight arrested

Security guards accused of corruption and double-crossing illegal miners

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News | 7 March 2018

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Why we woke up Brett Herron at 5am with koesiesters

People evicted from their homes cannot be dumped in Blikkiesdorp or Wolwerivier

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Opinion | 7 March 2018

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“We are 52 students in one container”

Philippi students marched to Parliament to demand better school infrastructure and more teachers

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News | 6 March 2018

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City removes people occupying Gugulethu land

Eviction takes place despite upcoming meeting between mayor and occupiers

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Brief | 6 March 2018

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Lectures stopped at UKZN’s Pietermarizburg campus

Students disrupt teaching after not receiving their NSFAS allowances

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Brief | 6 March 2018

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Housing picket outside Brett Herron’s home

Herron says Wolwerivier is all the City can offer for now

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News | 6 March 2018

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Car wash jobs threatened by water restrictions

Informal operators say it’s their only form of employment

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News | 6 March 2018

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