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Meet David Lee Pearson, the dodgy businessman behind Wescape

He has left behind a string of unpaid "loans"

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Feature | 24 August 2016

Lethal toll of informal gold mining

While deaths on formal mines have come down, zama-zama fatalities have gone up

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Feature | 17 August 2016

Should you be prosecuted for exposing someone to HIV?

Many have been found guilty despite lack of scientific evidence

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Feature | 11 August 2016

Port Elizabeth’s ward 26: an ANC divided

While the ruling party is unlikely to lose this ward on Wednesday, it showcases its problems in the city

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Feature | 30 July 2016

A look at Port Elizabeth’s most closely contested ward

Ward 38's community lives on the edge of a wasteland

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Feature | 25 July 2016

A day in the visitors’ queue at Pollsmoor

Eight hour wait to see inmates at the prison

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Feature | 20 July 2016

Ward 74: Beautiful valley with an ugly problem

A shortage of housing remains the hot-button issue in Hout Bay

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Feature | 18 July 2016

The difficult exit from the gang

Each step in makes it harder to get out

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Feature | 5 July 2016

Rough diamonds: De Beers responds

Life, not money, was our concern, says spokesman about company's rescue effort at Bontekoe

An interview with Tom Tweedy of De Beers

Feature | 30 June 2016

Rough diamonds - part four: Illicit digging carries on

Miners are excavating new tunnels

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Feature | 30 June 2016

Rough diamonds - part three: “If we could work legally, we wouldn’t break the law”

Department of Mineral Resources criticised for its handling of mining disaster

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Feature | 29 June 2016

Rough diamonds - part two: “We held onto De Beers, but De Beers drifted away”

Unemployment in Namaqualand still fuels illicit mining today

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Feature | 28 June 2016

Rough diamonds - part one: Ten dead men

A desperate quest in a makeshift mine leads to tragedy

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Feature | 27 June 2016

Survey finds massive medicine shortages in clinics

Mpumalanga and Gauteng have the most stockouts of HIV and TB medicines

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Feature | 24 June 2016

Disabled and out of school

Over 58,000 children with disabilities may be out of school in the Western Cape

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Feature | 13 June 2016

More than laws needed to change hateful attitudes

Outside of legislative channels, civil society is also combating homophobia in various ways

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Feature | 10 June 2016