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Refugee eviction case pushed to October
City of Cape Town and national government have applied to evict people living at the Wingfield and Bellville sites
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Housing versus parking in Cape Town’s inner-city
Cars should not be under cover when people are living on the streets, says activist at first public meeting on Harrington Square in Cape Town
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Constitutional Court rules Human Rights Commission cannot issue binding directives
The apex court has dismissed the SAHRC’s appeal to have its directives automatically enforced but insists it remains a “potent” rights guardian
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Activists mark Earth Day with march to Parliament
They are calling on government to move away from “false solutions” to the Just Transition
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Appointment of new lottery board chair inches forward
Names of three candidates submitted to Minister
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Durban organisations come together to fight xenophobia
But dozens of shops were closed in the city centre as the March and March “clean-up” continued
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How renting a photocopier helped destroy a school
A North West school owes over R600,000 after defaulting on rental agreements for two photocopiers and a phone system. Meanwhile 789 learners are left with broken toilets and crumbling class…
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Permit chaos leaves Joburg traders in limbo
City blames delays on its legal battles with SERI
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New bank takes swift action after GroundUp alerts it to data breach
But the Information Regulator is missing in action
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Lesotho’s prisons in bad shape despite years of recommendations
Tuberculosis, scabies and pellagra are spreading in the country’s severely overcrowded prisons
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