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Over 5 million social grant beneficiaries to pay R10 “bank charge”

SASSA assures MPs that all grants will be paid from 1 April

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News | 28 March 2018

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Controversial land deal comes back to haunt Hermanus

Madikizela promises protesters a piece of Schulphoek land

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News | 28 March 2018

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Hundreds of immigrants displaced in Hermanus

Unrest follows attempted land occupation

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News | 28 March 2018

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Family of murdered Xolobeni activist appeals to NPA to “unblock” investigation

Police inquiry into Sikhosiphi Radebe’s 2016 death is stalled

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News | 27 March 2018

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Shoddy treatment by Home Affairs wrecks families

Lack of transparency and arbitrary policies fail to protect families of refugees, says civil society organisation

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News | 27 March 2018

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No need for a camera: Nyanga artist uses a ballpoint pen just as well

Themba Mkhangeli achieves photographic realism with only a BIC pen

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News | 27 March 2018

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One year after Hout Bay fire residents sit without basic services

Protesters in Imizamo Yethu demand electricity, sanitation and water

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News | 26 March 2018

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Squabble over money for Masiphumelele land

Ward councillor accuses community leaders of charging residents to get a plot

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News | 26 March 2018

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Increase in backyard rentals drives Dunoon land occupations

City of Cape Town says it will continue to enforce the law

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News | 26 March 2018

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Blade Nzimande says getting trains working is “urgent task” but provides no time frame

Chair of Prasa board, Tintswalo Makhubele, resigns following conflict of interest

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News | 23 March 2018

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Study uncovers brutal policing of sex work

Civil society and the police have begun to work together to stop the abuse

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News | 23 March 2018

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Community healthcare workers want to be public servants

“They take care of the frail, the sick within our communities; they bath them and make sure they have access to their medication”

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News | 22 March 2018

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Evicted land occupiers take refuge in crèche

Dozens of children and adults left homeless after City demolitions in Kraaifontein

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News | 22 March 2018

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Cape Town residents call for land for “dignified homes”

“Apartheid still exists in our spatial plan in Cape Town and in other cities” says Mayco Member Brett Herron

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News | 21 March 2018

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Taxi drivers call for Mayor Masina’s resignation

Concern over delays in Ekhurhuleni’s bus rapid transport system

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News | 21 March 2018

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Cape Town to pilot “safe space” for homeless people

Councillor says new approach may be more successful at reducing the number of people living on the streets

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News | 20 March 2018