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Foreign shops looted in Mbekweni

Residents burn and loot shops after meeting fails to resolve land issue

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News | 26 July 2016

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Two years later, still no action on police assault

Witnesses yet to be interviewed

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News | 26 July 2016

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98-year-old can’t find room in an old age home

Man born in the same year as Nelson Mandela can't afford the fee

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News | 26 July 2016

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Angry parents close primary school

Far too few teachers for number of students

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News | 25 July 2016

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Woman who can’t evict people from her home faces eviction

Double-edge of high bar for eviction

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News | 25 July 2016

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State offices instead of housing for the poor

Proceeds from contentious sale of Tafelberg School will be used to fund provincial offices, not social projects

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News | 24 July 2016

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UCT stops controversial Danish editor from delivering academic freedom lecture

Flemming Rose, who published Prophet Mohammed cartoons, was invited to deliver the annual TB Davie Memorial lecture

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News | 22 July 2016

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We have penises! We have vaginas!

Picket draws attention to HIV positive people living with disability

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News | 22 July 2016

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Radio debate on Lonmin deal shut down

Bapo Ba Mogale Traditional Council members force community radio station in Brits to cancel a live interview with critics of its Lonmin deal

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News | 22 July 2016

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Abuse of sex workers by police rife

Women’s Legal Centre details hundreds of cases of rape, assault, harassment and unlawful arrest

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News | 22 July 2016

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Fifty to a toilet in Pietermaritzburg

Resident says she’s been voting since 1994, but it has brought her nothing

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News | 22 July 2016

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Sascoc board members flout their own rules

CEO holds position in violation of its constitution

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News | 22 July 2016

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Disappointing study results show how difficult HIV prevention is

Test and treat study in Hlabisa fails to show effect

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News | 21 July 2016

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Toilets connected to kitchen sink in new houses, says resident

No electricity since February in Mfuleni housing project

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News | 21 July 2016

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20 Mdantsane families share a toilet

Municipality claims major progress in sanitation

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News | 21 July 2016

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Xolobeni: Ministers duck questions on mining

Imbizo yields no information on murder of activist

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News | 20 July 2016