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No electricity delivery, so illegal suppliers thrive

“It is clear that all basic services are in our hands and not the relevant people”

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News | 3 November 2017

UCT trashed as fee protests escalate

Large amount of faeces dumped in computer science building and students arrested

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News | 2 November 2017

Girl alleged principal hit her after epileptic fit

A 17-year-old learner says she was slapped, then beaten a few days later by a security guard at her school

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News | 2 November 2017

Veterans arrested in anti-Zuma protest

Zackie Achmat calls on all in South Africa to go to police stations on 30 November

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News | 1 November 2017

Philippi residents evict community leader for corruption

Two arrests made after demolition of committee member’s shack

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News | 1 November 2017

“All I want to know is who killed my son”

Father of young man murdered by vigilantes says police have done nothing

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News | 1 November 2017

SASSA, post office in desperate bid to solve grants crisis

MPs grill SASSA and Minister over failure to sign contract

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News | 31 October 2017

Selling fake medical certificates is “big business” in Cape Town

Health Professions Council of South Africa releases names of bogus practitioners

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News | 31 October 2017

Railway workers’ safety not our problem, police tell court

Union demands better security for train drivers and guards

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News | 31 October 2017

Neighbours to the rescue as health system fails epileptic man

58-year-old Pietermaritzburg resident Dumisani Zuma says he’s never seen a Community Health Worker

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News | 30 October 2017

Thousands march for school safety

“Gangsters are able to enter freely to sell drugs and rob us because our schools have broken fences and no security guards”

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News | 27 October 2017

Port authority and Sabic fail to come clean on Durban cargo spill

Still unclear how many nurdles are floating in the sea following 10 October storm

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News | 27 October 2017

City’s food basket faces uncertain future

The Philippi Horticultural Area Food and Farming Campaign have taken the City’s rezoning decision for judicial review

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News | 27 October 2017

I came home with R70 of my R1,140, says social grant beneficiary

SASSA beneficiaries battle to get recourse for unexplained deductions

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News | 27 October 2017

My session with Maama Sarafina

R500 and some fingernail clippings to improve university results

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News | 27 October 2017

UCT suspends classes following disruptions

New SRC member condemns shutdown, while administration seeks interdict

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News | 26 October 2017