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Shack dweller movement celebrates 15 years of struggle – News from GroundUp

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Shack dweller movement celebrates 15 years of struggle: Abahlali BaseMjondolo members have faced killings, physical attacks and demolitions of their houses
Source: GroundUp News.

Level one lockdown disappoints sex workers: Accusations of police and criminal harassment, but police give a different story
Source: GroundUp News.

Gay couple’s struggle to marry in Richards Bay: Home Affairs only gave them a marriage appointment shortly after we started asking questions
Source: GroundUp News.

Western Cape farmers in court for assault: Anthony Koopman sustained a “cracked skull” and there have been protests outside court in support of him
Source: GroundUp News.

Late judgments: Is the Cape High Court doing better?: Something troubling has shaken our confidence in the data
Source: GroundUp News.

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GroundUp started in April 2012 as a joint project of Community Media Trust and the University of Cape Town’s Centre for Social Science Research.

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