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Future of the nearly 900 people living in Woodstock Hospital hangs in the balance

Cape Town Mayor commits to social housing but residents believe they will be kicked out

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News | 22 August 2024

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Philippi community welcomes temporary police station

This comes two years after the previous Browns Farm satellite police station was decommissioned due to severe vandalism and safety concerns

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News | 22 August 2024

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Basketball South Africa bungles hosting of African championships

National teams, venues, still unannounced two weeks from U18 African Basketball Championship

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News | 22 August 2024

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Durban land occupiers take municipality to court

Shacks in KwaDabeka have been continuously demolished, allegedly without an eviction order

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Brief | 22 August 2024

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Eastern Cape health centre doesn’t comply with fire safety rules

The Dutywa Health Centre, where the incinerator room was gutted by fire on Saturday, does not have a valid compliance certificate

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News | 21 August 2024

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Protesters beg for development in their small Eastern Cape town

Tsomo residents march to municipal offices

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News | 21 August 2024

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King promises to help as extortion hits Mthatha schools

Syndicate closing down businesses and schools

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News | 21 August 2024

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In this village you only get tap water on Fridays

An Mpumalanga municipality says it has a shortfall of nearly 60-million litres of water per day.

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News | 21 August 2024

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Surprise move in litigation over African Penguins

New minister wants to settle case brought by conservation groups

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Law | 21 August 2024

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Hundreds of workers on strike at Premier sweet factory

More than 600 workers down tools at Mr Sweet, demanding a minimum wage of R19,500 a month

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News | 20 August 2024

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Farmers need support after devastating Riverlands flood

A lack of security of tenure and of agricultural support from government has compounded the disaster

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Opinion | 20 August 2024

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Riverlands families struggle to pick up the pieces after flash floods

Clean-up operations are underway

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News | 20 August 2024

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Pensioners dropped from Community Works Programme

Department of Co-operative Governance wants to end “double-dipping”

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News | 20 August 2024

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SASSA office in Strand will only re-open after September

Applicants for grants urged to use the online system

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Brief | 20 August 2024

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Households left without electricity as Eskom implements load reduction

Power utility says this is necessary to protect transformers overloaded by illegal connections

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News | 20 August 2024

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Mpumalanga village has had no police station since two cops were killed there in 2002

The safety of our members is also important, says SAPS spokesperson

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