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Fear in Bloekombos after ward councillor slain

“I am now scared of being killed because I walk and drive around the township alone,” says Wallacedene councillor

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News | 23 October 2018

Home Affairs reopens refugee office it closed in 2011

“The courts had spoken. We had to do it,” says Deputy Minister of Home Affairs

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News | 22 October 2018

Fire leaves over 1,000 people homeless in Philippi

City says approximately 120 shacks destroyed and 1,400 people displaced in Kosovo informal settlement

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News | 22 October 2018

Heartbreaking stories after massive Khayelitsha blaze

Hundreds of shacks destroyed and one person killed

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News | 21 October 2018

Day care centre rebuilt after fire – for the fifth time

“I just need the municipality to assist me rebuild,” says principal

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News | 19 October 2018

Land occupiers in Philippi want City to buy Oasis land

Oasis Crescent Property mum on future of occupation

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News | 19 October 2018

State loses bid to postpone coal mining hearing

Court dismisses application with punitive costs

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News | 18 October 2018

Stutterheim protesters burn municipal offices and clinic over lack of jobs

“Unfortunately the clinic mistakenly burnt down but it was never the plan”

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News | 18 October 2018

ZimBollar: A guide to Zimbabwe’s black market

In only two months an anonymous Twitter account has grown to over 21,000 followers

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News | 18 October 2018

Pensions of more than 80,000 security guards at risk

More than 300 cases are currently being fought in court against employers

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News | 18 October 2018

Young, broke and in debt

“Acquiring credit is easy and tempting”

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News | 18 October 2018

Workers vow to continue with MyCiTi bus strike

NUMSA says strike “hijacked” by EFF

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News | 17 October 2018

Court drama as state tries to force through coal mining plan

Last minute bid to change boundaries of Mpumalanga protected area

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News | 17 October 2018

Disabled residents resist government plan to move them out

“If they want us gone, they must kill us, like they did Life Esidimeni”

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News | 17 October 2018

President Cyril Ramaphosa ignores calls for moratorium on farm evictions

Activists say moratorium is necessary to secure the tenure rights of all farm dwellers

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News | 16 October 2018

Families who fled Blikkiesdorp ask City for help

A resident claims that crime, not race, is at the root of the conflict

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News | 16 October 2018