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Activists march to Lindela to demand better treatment of refugees

Malusi Gigaba says service at Desmond Tutu Refugee Reception Office has improved

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News | 21 June 2018

Understanding the Constitutional Court’s Sidney Frankel judgment

Landmark ruling demonstrates a new approach to survivors of sexual assault

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News | 21 June 2018

Community confused why they don’t have electricity while their neighbours do

In the meanwhile, residents of RR Section in Khayelitsha use illegal connections

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News | 21 June 2018

Grahamstown’s dirty water blamed on municipality’s inefficiency

Water was not being tested or treated properly because of a lack of money

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News | 21 June 2018

Land occupiers say they won’t move from Ramaphosa Square

Ward councillor says land they’ve occupied was meant for development

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News | 21 June 2018

Refugees march for legal recognition

“There is no way for me to better my life without having papers in this country”

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News | 20 June 2018

Western Cape government identifies seven possible housing sites

Parkwood community leaders made to promise that sites won’t be occupied before development

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News | 20 June 2018

Khayelitsha residents demand toilets, water and electricity

“We have had enough of living in squalor,” says shack-dweller

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News | 20 June 2018

Are mining companies repairing the damage they cause?

Centre for Environmental Rights report says slack financial reporting standards make it difficult to tell

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News | 20 June 2018

Toilets blocked for nearly a year

City of Cape Town blames vandalism for the mess

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News | 20 June 2018

CPS accused of blocking transfer of social grants

Panel of experts recommends legal action

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News | 20 June 2018

Izikhothane task team acts against Uitenhage’s flashy spenders

“I love being isikhothana. It makes me feel like a celebrity”

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News | 20 June 2018

Court allows Durban evictees to return to their homes

Lamontville Transit Camp residents were evicted on Friday by the City of eThekwini

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News | 19 June 2018

Families living in tents outside complex they were evicted from

But some tenants of Steenvilla are angry with rent-defaulters and want them gone

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News | 19 June 2018

Slow progress towards opening Cape Town refugee office

Home Affairs re-opens Port Elizabeth Refugee Reception Offices, but Cape Town process very slow

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News | 19 June 2018

Speed up affordable housing policy, say Cape Town councillors

Motion passed on Monday is a small, symbolic but important moment in the struggle for spatial justice, say housing activists

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News | 18 June 2018