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Bonteheuwel residents demand more police

“There has been shooting on a daily basis” says resident of 50 years

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News | 25 April 2016

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Why didn’t police stop looting of immigrant shops in Dunoon?

“The police shouldn’t just protect South Africans”

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Feature | 25 April 2016

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Metrorail diary: Monday

In the first of a series of short reports, Bernard Chiguvare describes his daily battle to get to work using Metrorail.

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News | 25 April 2016

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“My school looks like a place for cows”

Eastern Cape students march on Bhisho

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News | 25 April 2016

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Cape Town flooded

Storm damages homes and knocks over trees

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Brief | 22 April 2016

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Quest for water in an Eastern Cape village

In March I visited a village in Pondoland in the Eastern Cape for two weeks as part of GroundUp's investigation into the province's dagga trade.

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Photo Essay | 22 April 2016

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Meet the entrepreneur who wants to bring cinema to Khayelitsha

Pilot cinema project set to launch at Lookout Hill in June

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News | 22 April 2016

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Copesville protesters burn councillor’s offices

“People are fed-up with promises”

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News | 22 April 2016

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Buffalo City workers block roads with burning tyres

Samwu demands a R2,000 wage increase

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News | 22 April 2016

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Where do the children play? Lavender Hill’s derelict facilities

Residents call for upgrades to help end gangsterism

Text by Barbara Maregele. Photos by Naib Main.

Feature | 21 April 2016

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Limpopo education department: More money, same problems

The department has a large budget, but still fails to deliver

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Analysis | 21 April 2016

Response to Terry Bell on John Harris

Terry Bell's obituary for Ann Harris also dealt, in brief, with the bombing of Johannesburg station by her husband John Harris in 1964, and his subsequent torture and execution. Maritz van den Berg asked GroundUp to publish the letter below in response to Bell's article.

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Opinion | 21 April 2016

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Rural South Africa is on a Precipice

Countryside sliding into ever more violent confrontations

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Opinion | 21 April 2016

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Timeline of protest and violence in Dunoon

Concerns over housing have morphed into looting of immigrant owned shops

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News | 20 April 2016

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Protesters arrested at Rhodes University

List of alleged rapists at centre of conflict

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News | 20 April 2016

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Battle to stop dagga spraying

Activists take steps to prevent Saps helicopters destroying marijuana crops

Text by Kimon de Greef. Photos by Masixole Feni.

Feature | 20 April 2016

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