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uMlazi swamped by rubbish and sewage

Residents accuse municipality of neglect, while councillor says residents must clean their own mess

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News | 22 November 2017

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Day 7: Limpopo education department a “quagmire” of maladministration

“We drew attention to life-threatening situations in schools … it is not good enough to say there is no budget.”

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News | 21 November 2017

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Butterworth’s R14-million public pool nears completion after nine years

But there is no water to fill it

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News | 21 November 2017

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Farm workers accuse police and farmers of working “hand in glove”

Dispute on Eastern Cape farm after video shows farmer pulling down family’s home extension.

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News | 21 November 2017

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Human Rights Commission hears of abuses in remote towns

SAHRC says it wants to be “more accessible” to people living far from big cities

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News | 21 November 2017

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Students shut down University of Zimbabwe

They call for President Robert Mugabe and Vice Chancellor Levi Nyagura to step down

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News | 20 November 2017

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Zimbabweans look forward to post-Mugabe era

But frustration as president fails to resign

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News | 20 November 2017

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Health department wants to close informal facility for destitute people

Khululabantu Bam centre in Butterworth described as “not appropriate” for mentally ill

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News | 20 November 2017

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Thousands march against Mugabe in Harare

“He lost the plot and should just go. Enough is enough.”

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News | 18 November 2017

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Beacon Bay community takes protest to mayor

Showdown looms as residents demand timeframes but Xola Pakati refuses to give any.

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News | 17 November 2017

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What Zimbabwe’s coup looked like

An eye-witness account from Harare

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News | 16 November 2017

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Slow progress bringing new water to Cape Town

Seven million litres daily added to supply, but this is only 1% of consumption

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News | 16 November 2017

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Vital Eastern Cape clinic has only one doctor twice a month

Building had no water or electricity when GroundUp visited

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News | 16 November 2017

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Soldiers to be sent to gang-ridden areas, says Mbalula

Minister announces new arrests in Marikana massacre case

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News | 15 November 2017

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Residents object to R1.6 million fence for Wynberg Park

City says it is going ahead but will assess the fence route and meet the community

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News | 15 November 2017

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Net1 moneylender headed for court

Moneyline counters accusations of reckless lending to social grant beneficiaries

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News | 15 November 2017