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Pietermaritzburg community waiting since 2013 for guard rails on deadly road

Ward councillor says he has “sent a letter” and can do nothing more

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News | 5 February 2018

Bathabile Dlamini ‘deliberately’ excluded special advisor from grants process

Minister gave clear instruction that the SASSA executive should not interfere

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News | 2 February 2018

Michael Komape died because he was a rural African child, says lawyer

Court asked to compel state to fix “dire” state of school sanitation

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News | 2 February 2018

Day 12: Lawyers for Michael Komape’s family demand compensation for grief

State admits liability; court to decide how much money to award the family

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News | 1 February 2018

SASSA negotiating low bank fees for grant beneficiaries

Deductions from new accounts might not be allowed

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News | 1 February 2018

Municipality finally gives councillor office 18 months after being elected

Residents suspect he was treated badly because ANC candidate was not elected

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News | 1 February 2018

Grandmother murdered: community furious at police response

Mpophomeni residents claim police failed to investigate earlier break-in and threat by suspect

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News | 31 January 2018

City of Cape Town destroys new shacks on Khayelitsha land

Residents say they cleaned up an illegal dump to build their shacks

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News | 31 January 2018

Drought: Eastern Cape towns facing Day Zero

Dam levels in the Gamtoos Valley critically low

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News | 31 January 2018

Gay men beaten in church

“He took a huge stick and started beating me”

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News | 31 January 2018

Unions fed-up with new minimum wage for farm workers

Daily minimum up R7 from R138 to R146

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News | 30 January 2018

Prison inmates go 20 hours between meals

Court case throws light on conditions at “Sun City”

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News | 30 January 2018

City’s model shows how we can avoid Day Zero

Getting household consumption down is key

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News | 30 January 2018

New refugee offices for Cape Town

Meanwhile refugees don’t have enough toilets at current offices

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News | 30 January 2018

“Jobless youth” move onto Khayelitsha land

“We want our own place where we can live in peace”

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News | 30 January 2018

Wits and unions fail to reach wage agreement

Union leader calls for campus to be made ungovernable on Tuesday

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News | 29 January 2018