South Africa|Gauteng|Johannesburg

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Tembisa residents meet councillors to discuss reblocking concerns

Speaker of Ekurhuleni Council to visit Vusimuzi to see conditions

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Brief | 3 May 2018

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Reblocking unsettles Tembisa residents

Some community members says they were not aware of the hardship it would involve

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News | 18 April 2018

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Thembelihle on edge ahead of release of dolomite report

Residents want to know: will JHB municipality relocate or develop the informal settlement

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News | 12 April 2018

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Tsonga farmers put vacant Gauteng municipal land to good use

ā€œThe municipality warns us when someone buys the land, then we move onā€

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News | 11 April 2018

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Reservists say defence force has deserted them

ā€œWe are suffering and struggling to support our familiesā€

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News | 10 April 2018

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Land reform policies criticised at HRC inquiry

Most farm evictions are illegal, claims activist

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News | 29 March 2018

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Constitutional Court decision strengthens workersā€™ rights

Employees who donā€™t get the legal niceties right at the CCMA should not be prejudiced

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Law | 27 March 2018

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Constitutional Court gives social grant payment company six-month extension

High Court rules that CPS must pay back its profits

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Law | 23 March 2018

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Community successfully crowd funds R70k for toilets

A miracle that happened so quickly, says resident in Mzondi informal settlement

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Brief | 21 March 2018

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Advocate accuses Dlamini of lying

Former minister is trying to avoid being held personally liable for court costs

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News | 20 March 2018

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Call for action against abusive churches

Speak the Truth marches in Braamfontein

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News | 15 March 2018

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Community tries crowd funding to get toilets

With a week till deadline on Thundafund, not a cent has been raised

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News | 13 March 2018

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Investigation of killed foreign student is ā€œtest for Bheki Celeā€

Dozens protest outside University of Johannesburg residence

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News | 5 March 2018

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Black Sash back to Constitutional Court over social grants

Organisation wants data protection for grant beneficiaries and a moratorium on issuing Easy Pay Everywhere cards

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Brief | 5 March 2018

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Police target immigrant sex workers in Gauteng

We are only following orders from Home Affairs, say police

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News | 12 February 2018

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Home Affairs has backlog of 140,000 refugee status appeals

Official admits to rampant corruption at refugee centres

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News | 9 February 2018