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In photos: The fisher women of Doringbaai
Fisher women from Doringbaai are taking the initiative on social and environmental issues affecting their small West Coast ...
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Walking Joburg’s biggest baddest river: boerboels and cable thieves
We would be walking in the tense aftermath of all of this, but Mhlongo did not seem fazed. “If you choose to walk along this ...
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Mister Sweet strike ends: workers to return to work next week
More than 300 workers from Premier’s Mister Sweet branch in Germiston will return to work on 11 November, after negotiations ...
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Court bid to declare social grant regulations unconstitutional
The Pretoria High Court has heard that about eight million people are being denied the R370-a-month Social Relief of Distress ...
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Treasury defends SRD grant regulations
The Institute of Economic Justice is challenging regulations for the Social Relief of Distress grant which it says are ...
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In photos: Sports day for learners with disabilities in Cape Town
Over a hundred learners with disabilities from schools in and around Gugulethu, Cape Town, participated in a day of sports and fun in the sun on Wednesday. The event, hosted by the Gugulethu Sports ...
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“Construction mafia” accused of delaying building of Joburg school
Parents in Eldorado Park in Johannesburg want an official probe into delays in the rebuilding of Nancefield Primary School. They say a construction “mafia” is delaying the project, which has been ...
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How the Legal Resources Centre has fought for human rights
This is an edited version of a speech delivered by Geoff Budlender which was held in honour of 45 years of the Legal Resources Centre (LRC) on Thursday night. Budlender was presented with the fourth ...
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Mamelodi residents struggle to claim UIF as labour office closed
People in Mamelodi trying to claim their Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) money or to report work-related problems to the Department of Employment and Labour have been left frustrated. This after the ...
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No lifeline for teachers as Godongwana warns of “difficult trade-offs”
Hundreds of people from civic organisations and unions marched to Parliament in Cape Town on Wednesday ahead of Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana’s Mid-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS). Many of ...
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Bedsores and maggots: Ikamva Labantu’s shocking findings on elder abuse
On Tuesday, Ikamva Labantu released the results of research into the abuse of older people mostly living in Cape Town’s poor communities. They found elder abuse was often overlooked in many ...
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Cape Town is losing its trees
As global temperatures heat up, residents of cities are especially vulnerable. Scientists say planting trees is a simple way to protect people in cities from heat stress. But Cape Town may be losing ...