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Joburg ice skater brings gold medal back from Special Olympics in Italy

Naledi Hlalele was one of six athletes who represented South Africa at the international winter games earlier in March

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News | 31 March 2025

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Lottery ticket sales likely to be suspended from 1 June

Minister Tau backtracks on temporary licence, will announce permanent operator at end of May

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News | 31 March 2025

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Today is the deadline for ending pit latrines in schools. Here’s how government has done

Minister says 93% of identified pit toilets eradicated

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News | 31 March 2025

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A thriving black market for medicines has emerged in Joburg

Immigrants shunned by clinics resort to buying unregulated medicines from illegal vendors

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News | 31 March 2025

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SASSA Gold Card deadline extended to 31 May

Postbank’s announcement comes after contradictory reports by SASSA and the Minister in the Presidency

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News | 28 March 2025

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Deaths spark protest over unsafe bridge outside Pinetown

Umngeni River claims two lives

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News | 28 March 2025

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Days of protests in Indwe over hospital downgrade

Health MEC assures residents there will be no downgrade if they are against it

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News | 27 March 2025

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City of Cape Town proposes affordable housing on prime Green Point site

The land value of the site ranks “among the highest in the southern hemisphere”

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News | 27 March 2025

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Good news for leopard toads: anonymous donor buys crucial habitat in Cape Town

The property in the heart of Noordhoek will also be an open space for the community

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News | 27 March 2025

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Limpopo Education Department set to miss pit toilets deadline

Some Rivubye High School learners prefer to use bushes

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News | 27 March 2025

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Extortionists close down informal businesses in Cape Town

SAPS says fighting extortion is a priority, but won’t provide details on its response

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News | 26 March 2025

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Refugees evicted from UNHCR in 2023 reduced to eating frogs

The families have been living in an old school building in Bronkhorstspruit for two years

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News | 26 March 2025

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Health Minister confident Lesotho can manage without US funding, but jobs are already being lost

And funding cuts are hitting access to HIV tests and medicines

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News | 26 March 2025

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R25-million and six years later, Soweto centre still needs millions to be completed

SIU investigates unfinished arts centre backed by music legends Caiphus Semenya and Letta Mbulu

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News | 25 March 2025

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Campaign launched to help stateless people become citizens

Hundreds take part in human rights festival at Constitutional Hill

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News | 24 March 2025

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Political will needed to save lives amid USAID funding cuts, say activists

“We will not let our people die” says Zackie Achmat

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News | 20 March 2025