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Activists suspect security company of attacking them

“Leave this building, you cannot stay here. This building doesn’t belong to you!”

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News | 21 August 2017

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Sundays River business owners demand more state contracts

Hundreds march upon municipal offices

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News | 18 August 2017

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How Net1 will make money after social grant contract ends

Card linking grant recipients to company’s services will remain active

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News | 18 August 2017

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Mine workers remember the Marikana massacre

Five years later conditions in nearby Nkaneng township remain largely unchanged

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News | 17 August 2017

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Blind and diabetic in a cold little shack

Gugulethu woman tries to get by on R350 a month

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News | 17 August 2017

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Activists demand justice for Marikana massacre victims

Right2Know march in Cape Town

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News | 16 August 2017

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Tension between haves and have-nots over electricity

Witsand’s informal settlement residents blame Eskom for electrification delays

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News | 16 August 2017

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R60bn Constitutional Court case against banks

Applicants want criminal investigation into bank executives

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News | 16 August 2017

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Informal miners demand legalisation of their work

Zama-zamas march on Department of Mineral Resources

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News | 16 August 2017

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Hout Bay residents protest against reblocking

They accuse community leaders who support reblocking of corruption

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News | 15 August 2017

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Evictions at Cape Town social housing complex

Steenvilla is seen as a model development - much will depend on its success or failure

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News | 14 August 2017

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Domestic worker alleges she was beaten and stripped by her employers

Employers claim she stole money

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News | 14 August 2017

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SJC accuses police of delaying resources court case

The hearing will now take place in November

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News | 11 August 2017

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Stephen McGown describes hostage ordeal

“I’m angry … but I need to let this go”

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News | 11 August 2017

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Eastern Cape learners tackle MEC over lack of toilets at schools

“Our toilets are in no conditions to be used. They are dirty and there are no bins to throw our sanitary pads.”

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News | 11 August 2017

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“No amount of love can heal an abusive man”

PE women march against abuse

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News | 10 August 2017