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Uber decision to allow cash payments alarms drivers

Concerns over safety and conflict with minibus taxi industry

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News | 20 May 2016

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Another Metrorail nightmare

Stuck train results in delays and overcrowding

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Brief | 20 May 2016

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Colour does not explain today’s South Africa

Black lives are still cheap even though most political leaders and many wealthy business people are black

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Opinion | 20 May 2016

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No room at the shelter as winter approaches

Shelters can't accommodate more people, says Street People’s Forum

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News | 20 May 2016

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No tenant will be evicted from flats owned by the province, says Madikizela

MEC addresses concerns about rents and evictions

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News | 19 May 2016

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Whites should admit they gained from a monstrous system

The privileged could show a little humility

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Opinion | 19 May 2016

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Refugees face social grant barrier

SASSA is turning us away, say families

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News | 19 May 2016

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Bucket system must go, say PE protesters

Missionvale residents take to the streets demanding water, sanitation and jobs

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News | 19 May 2016

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Masiphumelele police station out of service

Stationary vehicle sent for airbag repair

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News | 19 May 2016

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Bureaucratic budget leaves school kids hungry

Nutrition programme stretched at many schools classified as less poor

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News | 18 May 2016

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Call for extension of Lesotho Special Permit deadline

Less than 2% of Lesotho nationals have applied so far

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News | 18 May 2016

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Mbeki is wrong on land claims

There are many reasons why claimants opt for cash instead of land

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Opinion | 18 May 2016

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Delft housing project grinds to a halt

Sub-contractors demand higher rates

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Brief | 18 May 2016

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Man taken to court after he films alleged police brutality

Saps watchdog recommends prosecution of constable

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News | 18 May 2016

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Marx and the search for alternatives

Economic crisis prompts new interest in Marxism

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Opinion | 18 May 2016

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Grabouw: “We are sitting here, lost”

Siyanyanzela residents face uncertain future

Text by Mary-Anne Gontsana and Stephanie Kelly. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.

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