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Alexandra residents protest in Sandton over state of township

“We want to burn our tyres here so that these streets can look like the streets of Alexandra”

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News | 19 June 2019

The Cape’s plants are dying out – and local authorities need citizens’ help

Study shows 40 species have gone extinct since 1900

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News | 19 June 2019

Reappointed for a third term: Learners tell Motshekga to get it right this time

Equal Education stages mock swearing-in ceremony in Pretoria for Minister of Basic Education

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News | 19 June 2019

Heritage body pushes Woodstock developers back

Plans for luxury apartment block put on hold

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News | 18 June 2019

Hermanus evictions: hearing postponed

Community leader denies municipality’s claim that some households earn R17,000

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News | 18 June 2019

300 homes share eight pit toilets

Shackdwellers in Polar Park and Tyampolo, East London, are not even on housing waiting lists

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News | 18 June 2019

Mdantsane residents close down ANC ward councillor’s office

Councillor Ntombizodwa Gamnca laughs off allegations that she is involved in dodgy housing deals

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News | 18 June 2019

A year after Hermanus unrest, land occupation unresolved

Residents occupying private land in Schulphoek to oppose eviction in court on Tuesday

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News | 17 June 2019

South African youth take to the streets over climate change

Hundreds protest in Johannesburg and Cape Town

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News | 14 June 2019

Crime prevention volunteers in KZN vow to fight termination of contracts

MEC’s private sector plan criticised

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News | 14 June 2019

70-year-old shackdweller gets R18,581 water bill

City of Cape Town says residents of informal settlements are not charged for water

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News | 14 June 2019

Mother gave up her sick child because she lives in a shack without services

Nomaphelo Nomala says her only wish in life is to have her four-year-old daughter live with her

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News | 14 June 2019

Western Cape seniors taste benefits of Ikamva Labantu clubs

Confidence returns as elderly enjoy activities, company and affirmation

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News | 14 June 2019

Health workers sit in at PE clinic following attack on nurse

Health department says it cannot deploy security guards into a room where confidential consultations take place

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News | 13 June 2019

Vehicles torched as Philippi East residents demand toilets

Siyangena settlement without water and toilets after more than a year, raising flags about sanitation and safety

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News | 13 June 2019