Explosive letter from PRASA “board member” claims tenders are being rigged

Anonymous letter calls for action from Minister of Transport Barbara Creecy

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News | 17 September 2025

Joburg landfill closure threatens 140 livelihoods

Pikitup has temporarily stopped accepting domestic waste at Marie Louise dump

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Photo Essay | 17 September 2025

Teachers at Eastern Cape school give up their toilet to grade R learners

Jongikhaya teachers and learners share broken pit toilets

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News | 17 September 2025

Here’s what the government plans to do about plastic pollution

Global Plastic Treaty reached a deadlock in August, but South Africa is pushing ahead with regulations

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Video | 17 September 2025

Anger over delays at Durban housing project

Families say eThekwini municipality is reneging on its promise to house them at the new flats

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News | 17 September 2025

Activists march against Shell’s oil exploration

Shell says it has spent over R1-billion and is not responsible for failures in consultations with affected Wild Coast communities

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News | 16 September 2025

Chatsworth residents take to the streets over water

Bottlebrush informal settlement has been short of water for four months, they say

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Brief | 16 September 2025

Buffalo City municipal workers go on strike

South African Municipal Workers’ Union wants an end to private contracting of primary municipal services

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News | 16 September 2025

Protesters charged with public violence to appear in court

Six arrested during the protest on Voortrekker Road in Cape Town on Monday

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Brief | 16 September 2025

South Africans caught in Nepal prison fires

13,500 inmates escaped from prisons during riots last week

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Brief | 16 September 2025

Mondlo township quiet after minister’s visit

Last week residents burnt down their municipal offices

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Brief | 16 September 2025

Karoo learners in international robotics competition

Two teams from Carnarvon High School took part in the World Robot Olympiad Open Championship in Slovenia

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Brief | 16 September 2025

Cape Town protesters throw human faeces, burn debris

Families from informal settlements near Maitland cemetery say their attempts to meet with officials from the City for months have been in vain

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Brief | 15 September 2025

Punitive cost order against dodgy Lottery official Nompumelelo Nene

Judge says she abused court processes, and her application had no merit

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Law | 15 September 2025

Limpopo villagers demand ANC councillor be removed

Residents of Relela village outside Tzaneen blocked roads during two days of protests

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Brief | 15 September 2025

Cape Town journalist assaulted by police, has phone confiscated – twice

Freelance reporter Sandiso Phaliso has been repeatedly, and illegally, harassed by police while working in Nyanga

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News | 15 September 2025