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Court orders senior municipal managers to pay costs out of their own pocket

Judgment should worry state employees who make incompetent decisions

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Law | 3 May 2017

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Scientific journal threatened by vested interests

Article critical of corporate-funded research retracted

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Opinion | 3 May 2017

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Energy Minister says government may appeal nuclear judgment

Mmamoloko Kubayi acknowledges serious problems in her department

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Brief | 2 May 2017

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Pollsmoor remand facility still at 174% capacity, says Sonke Gender Justice

Conditions have improved but not enough, says report

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News | 2 May 2017

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UCT students treat prisoners to a touch of beauty

“It is a surprise that there are people out there who care for us”

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Brief | 2 May 2017

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Zuma must go now, Pityana tells Port Elizabeth crowd

ANC MPs urged not to “hide” during parliamentary vote

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News | 28 April 2017

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A tour of Salt River’s iconic graffiti

Removal of some works reflects an increasingly gentrified neighbourhood

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Photo Essay | 28 April 2017

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Systemic “failure in Eastern Cape education”

Thousands march to education department in King William’s Town on Freedom Day

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News | 28 April 2017

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Khayelitsha meeting calls for Zuma’s dismissal

“The ANC of Jacob Zuma is not the ANC of the people”

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Brief | 27 April 2017

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Court finds nuclear deals unconstitutional

Agreements with Russia, Korea and US have been scrapped

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News | 26 April 2017

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Ward Councillor Andile Lili calls for residents to rebuild demolished shacks

“We will investigate as councillors should not incite illegal land invasions” says Mayco Member

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News | 26 April 2017

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Port Elizabeth’s biggest taxi rank has no toilets

“The infrastructure is now an eyesore and dilapidating.”

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News | 26 April 2017

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Cape Town airport faces land claim

Family members seeking compensation believe they have been cheated

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News | 26 April 2017

Photos of Saartjie Baartman sculpture, before and after

This is probably the list of artworks UCT has removed

University claims there are errors in our list that we obtained from a reliable source, but refuses to provide corrections

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News | 25 April 2017

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How you can help save the Karoo

South Africa’s National Biodiversity Institute is calling on nature lovers to help it save the Karoo — with science

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News | 25 April 2017

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Meet the people who collect our garbage

Some residents frantically run out in satin nighties determined to stop the truck so they can empty their bin for the week

Text by Ashleigh Furlong. Photos by Masixole Feni.

Photo Essay | 25 April 2017

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