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Butterworth families evicted by chiefs in 2011 are still waiting for promised houses

People of Bhungeni were moved to make way for a mall which has still not been built

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Exhibition honours work of late Bang Bang Club photojournalist

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City ordered to halt work on historic Salt River hall

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Last 100 Paradise Park residents in Hermanus evicted

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New shelter for homeless people in Muizenberg

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