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Should you give handouts at traffic lights? A view from the street

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Police can’t say why they let an alleged rapist off the hook

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Lesotho gives in, approves Starlink licence

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Play commemorates 10th anniversary of Rhodes Must Fall movement

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Damning report on R57-million Buffalo City swimming pool

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News | 14 April 2025

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R24-million spent on Indwe stadium with little to show for it

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Elections 2026

How is your municipality doing?

We are doing in depth reports on municipalities across the country ahead of the 2026 local elections.

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Failing water systems will cost R400-billion to fix, says minister

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Cape Flats murders are on the rise

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Whatever Trump says, whites are not doing badly in South Africa

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Informal businesses reduced to rubble: Excellent article

On 4 June 2025 Mr Mbulelo Tshangana, Director-General of COGTA told Parliament that COGTA had draft… Read more

Masiphumelele fire: It's tragic

It's very sad people are still suffering the same tragedy in 2026. May our government intervene, so… Read more

Broken generator in Flagstaff: 17 years of thirst

The report on the six villages in Sicwenza who have been without running water for seventeen years … Read more

Cape Flats massacre: A symptom of a surrendered state

The massacre in the Marikana informal settlement, where eight people were executed in cold blood, i… Read more

Suspended magistrate: Slow and incompetent judges

I have my own issues with how the Durban High Court operates, specifically with regard to missing f… Read more