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Don’t treat drug users as criminals, say health workers

Harm reduction better than a police war on drugs, argues TB/HIV Care Association

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Feature | 8 February 2017

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TAC calls for Roche to drop price of cancer drug

Activists say that with generic competition trastuzumab could be R3,500 per course instead of the current price of over R200,000

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News | 7 February 2017

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Five campuses shut down at Walter Sisulu University

Students demand free registration

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News | 7 February 2017

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Women affected by mining call for inclusive Indaba

Community members say they are not heard at the event

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News | 7 February 2017

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No arrests after woman mutilated and killed in Pietermaritzburg

Family of Zodwa Madlala still waiting for answers from police

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News | 7 February 2017

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Khayelitsha soup kitchen feeds dozens of people weekly

“People are hungry out there” says founder

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News | 7 February 2017

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Toddler recovering after fall from broken railway bridge

A railing was missing from the Metrorail bridge in Khayelitsha

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News | 7 February 2017

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Smuggling tyres across the Zimbabwean border

Zimbabwean men in Musina have to bribe immigration officials to make a meagre living

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News | 7 February 2017

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UCT wage negotiations deadlocked

Employees accuse university of not “honouring” agreement

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News | 6 February 2017

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Why the Life Esidimeni scandal was predictable

Regulation is urgently required

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Opinion | 6 February 2017

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Families living next to “toxic” mine dump relocated

Residents moved to new RDP homes

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News | 6 February 2017

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Eskom will not oppose anti-nuke deal litigation

Case to be heard in Western Cape High Court this month

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News | 6 February 2017

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New creche for PE informal settlements

Residents relieved that they do not have to travel far to drop off children

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Brief | 6 February 2017

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Cape Flats learners show their athletics abilities

Over a thousand children participate

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Photo Essay | 3 February 2017

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Workers told to eat and change under a tree

Labour department issues compliance order against Northern Cape company

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News | 3 February 2017

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Move to make way for mine turns sour for Northern Cape residents

Dozens of families that relocated from Dingleton to Siyathemba thought they would be better off

Text by Ashleigh Furlong. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.

News | 3 February 2017

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