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Police can smoke out dagga farmers

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​Agriculture minister Senzeni Zokwana has told Eastern Cape cannabis farmers not to expect protection from his department
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More irrigation, less migration

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The effect of climate change in Africa’s semi-arid countries is driving young people out of rural areas into cities
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Police commissioner tells cops to let the stoners blaze

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In a directive seen by the M&G, police are advised to immediately cease the arrest of people found in possession of cannabis
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Gareth Prince is still burning to be a lawyer

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During his first court appearance Prince learnt that 'the disrespect and disgust for our indigenous people and our practices were quite apparent'
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EFF spurns DA, woos ANC

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The ruling party and Economic Freedom Fighters may cosy up after metro battles leave the Democratic Alliance bloodied
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Initiation Bill trips over Contralesa

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Amakhosi say they have not been consulted and have been insulted because women are involved
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We’ll pay Eskom, not municipality

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Businesses are hard hit by blackouts because local government owes the power utility billions of rand
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Cosatu’s boss loses favour to his deputy

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The NUM and Nehawu are leading Zingiswa Losi’s campaign to replace S’dumo Dlamini
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Anxiety grows over party funding Bill

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​Civil society groups fear President Cyril Ramaphosa is being lobbied about not signing the Political Party Funding Bill until after the 2019 election
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Threats of war conclude WC land hearings

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Panel at Western Cape land hearings receive conflicting ownership accounts and threats to defend land violently
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Rich land, poor villagers

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Coffee Bay’s pristine seaside land is home to some of SA’s most popular holiday resorts and remains in the hands of the Bomvana and Pondo tribes
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AbaThembu king wants his own Ingonyama Trust

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The first day of the land hearings in the Eastern Cape opened with a submission calling to replicate KwaZulu-Natal’s traditional land trust
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Life goes on in bloody gangland

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The drugs, the bodies, the violence – it’s hard to comprehend how people live in Ocean View
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Evictees’ lives turned inside out

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Winter arrived with force in Cape Town this week, and for some the driving rain adds to the suffering that comes with being evicted
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Angry NUM members vow to boo Cyril over Eskom woes

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NUM members also intended to voice their anger at Energy Minister Jeff Radebe, who was meant to address the conference but instead travelled overseas
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