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Student leaders have mixed reactions to Nzimande’s fees announcement

Wits SRC rejects fee increase, while UCT SRC describes approach to households below R600k as a "positive step"

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News | 19 September 2016

Women traders at mercy of Harare police

“It is better to pay the $20 fine, than pay daily bribes,” says defiant sadza seller

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News | 19 September 2016

Minister freezes mining in Xolobeni

Activists hail “important” victory

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News | 16 September 2016

Still no justice in Ashton farm murder case

18 months after farmworker’s death, no-one has been charged

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News | 16 September 2016

Student protest disrupts UCT activities

Protest centred on the student disciplinary tribunal

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News | 15 September 2016

Education department likely to miss school infrastructure deadline

Students denied basic rights, say activists

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News | 15 September 2016

Rubbish piling up in Nelson Mandela Bay

Municipal workers have been on strike all week

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News | 15 September 2016

Ambulance workers demand safety

Emergency medical service personnel need police escorts before responding to calls

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News | 14 September 2016

Drought leaves women farmers open to exploitation

In Mozambique, women are caught between jealous absent husbands, money lenders and corrupt local chiefs

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News | 14 September 2016

King Hintsa campus closes after protests

Students at odds with management over administration of registration fees

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News | 13 September 2016

Grandmother with only one eye is still waiting for a house

Six people live in a small caravan in East London township

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News | 13 September 2016

“We can’t postpone this matter forever,” warns magistrate in mob justice case

Case against Masiphumelele activist delayed again

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News | 12 September 2016

Mother of injured 10-year-old boy lays complaint against police

Sikhumbuzo Soni was shot in the mouth during protests in Pietermaritzburg

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News | 12 September 2016

Survey finds lack of direct contact with gay people

40% of South Africans say they don't know any gay or lesbian people

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News | 12 September 2016

School in resort town faces shortage of textbooks and teachers

Jeffreys Bay high school battling as student numbers soar

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News | 12 September 2016

KSD students clash with police

Rubber bullets used and residences set alight. Protesters say this is just a warning message

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News | 9 September 2016