South Africa

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Taps run dry in drought-stricken Butterworth

Dam at 13% capacity

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News | 16 August 2016

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City says relocation is ideal solution for Jim se Bos

Residents unlikely to see major improvements to their neighbourhood on the edge of Cape Town

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News | 16 August 2016

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I’m an ANC supporter but I didn’t vote, says fed-up Hankey resident

Woman describes desperate plight while government fails to assist

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News | 15 August 2016

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Traditional healers show that being gay is African

"People call me names ... but I don't care."

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News | 15 August 2016

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Langa shack fire may have started because man tried to keep warm

"This is the third time that I have lost my shack to a fire. Everything of mine is destroyed." - resident

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Brief | 15 August 2016

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Kalk Bay’s fishers battle for permits

Fishers risk “limb and neck to get that fish and to put something on the table”

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Photo Essay | 15 August 2016

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R4,000 taken from 89-year-old’s pension for a loan he never took out

Black Sash takes on Net1 in social grant deductions court battle

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News | 15 August 2016

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BASF workers on strike because of dispute over back pay

Workers say that they are owed money for first half of 2016

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News | 12 August 2016

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School burnt as frustration with education department boils over

“Violence is the only language government understands” - Grade 12 student

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News | 12 August 2016

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Wynberg taxi drivers block access to Hout Bay

"They don't want others to grow in business," says Hout Bay taxi driver

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News | 12 August 2016

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East Londoners protest in support of rape survivors

New support programme for university students planned

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News | 12 August 2016

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When can the police search your home?

The Constitutional Court has given us the answer

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Law | 12 August 2016

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Taxi violence on Mthatha route

Five drivers to appear in court

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Brief | 11 August 2016

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Telkom workers demand 11% and end to retrenchments

Striking workers march through Cape Town

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News | 11 August 2016

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Controversial Mfuleni councillor elected in new ward

Themba Honono still the target of criticism

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News | 11 August 2016

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Seven years later, Tokyo Sexwale’s promise has not been kept

East Bank residents still waiting for their houses to be fixed

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News | 11 August 2016