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Developer strikes landmark deal with families occupying Kommetjie land

Eviction case withdrawn from High Court

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Photo Essay | 7 July 2022

Are South Africa’s pesticide rules outdated?

Farm workers and consumers should be worried, says public health expert. But industry body says food security depends on the pesticides in use.

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News | 4 July 2022

Crucial housing judgment still outstanding after 16 months. Judiciary has failed to explain why

Fate of farm dweller facing eviction still in limbo

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Brief | 30 June 2022

Video: How an organisation is giving Cape Flats children balls not guns

On average three children are killed in South Africa every day, according to UNICEF South Africa.

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Video | 23 June 2022

Activists takes government to court over “unfair” R350 grant application rules

They say at least 10 million applicants are still waiting for their R350 Social Relief of Distress Grant payments since April

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News | 23 June 2022

Post Office fails SASSA beneficiaries

June social grant payments not processed at many branches

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News | 13 June 2022

Volunteers gets their hands dirty to rescue endangered plants

“We should look like Namaqualand in the spring but because everything has been destroyed, it isn’t like that anymore.”

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Brief | 7 June 2022

Plan to create “Khoisan Orania” in Grabouw

Western Cape High Court to decide fate of Knoflokskraal

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Feature | 3 June 2022

Cape Town’s famous Long Street signage is illegal, says court

The City of Cape Town has been trying for years to remove the signage

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News | 1 June 2022

Massive backlog at sexual offences court because of broken recording machines

No accountability from courts or Minister of Justice’s office

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Brief | 25 May 2022

City of Cape Town is not tackling housing crisis with urgency, say activists

Building social housing is complicated, says Malusi Booi

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News | 24 May 2022

Home Affairs does nothing to help disabled learners get IDs

The state is denying learners their rights, says lawyer

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News | 17 May 2022

It’s been 15 months since the Cape High Court reserved judgment in this “emergency” housing case

The Office of the Chief Justice and Judge President John Hlophe are silent on why Acting Judge Bernard Martin has taken so long to hand down his ruling

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Law | 16 May 2022

Farm workers demand urgent ban on 67 pesticides

Women on farms say that pesticide exposure is making them sick

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News | 6 May 2022

Huge factory building stripped bare in Hout Bay harbour while Public Works department dithers

Former Oceana fishmeal plant could have been used for a community project, says fisher

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News | 29 April 2022

Thousands of farm workers face eviction with the end of the National State of Disaster, activists warn

Women on Farms march against evictions in the Western Cape

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News | 27 April 2022