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Women who fought apartheid commend achievements of Fees Must Fall

"We call for a cessation of all hostilities so that we can secure a climate for an inclusive discourse that moves us forward"

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Opinion | 6 November 2016

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School children bunk classes to make gold

Parents complain illegal miners lure their kids with easy money

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Feature | 4 November 2016

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Academics and the Fallist movement

The Fallist demands are welcome, but academics who have suspended ethics and criticism hinder those very demands

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Opinion | 4 November 2016

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East London residents complain of stinking water

Community members in Mzamomhle say municipality ignorestheir complaints

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Brief | 4 November 2016

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Bridges For Music under construction

Building has commenced on a music academy in Langa

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News | 4 November 2016

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Man with epilepsy nurses family

Both his aunt and stepfather have cancer

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News | 3 November 2016

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Masiphumelele mother’s struggle to find school for deaf son

Her story highlights the problems faced by children with disabilities and their parents 

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News | 3 November 2016

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State capture report explained

Zuma, the Executive and the Gupta family have troubling questions to answer about cabinet appointments as well as a dodgy Eskom deal - and this is just the beginning

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Law | 3 November 2016

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In photos: Pretoria protests against state capture

Save South Africa held a festive protest in St Albans church while the EFF protest at the Union Buildings was sporadically violent

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Photo Essay | 2 November 2016

Elections 2026

How is your municipality doing?

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

Elections 2026

Photo Essays

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Touring Cape Town’s secret underground tunnels

The water flows all year round in the historic canals under the city’s streets

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Weaving mats for survival in rural KwaZulu-Natal

The Zikhali family have always made traditional mats, but hope their youngest daughter will have other options

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Charts

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A look at government’s wasted billions

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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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What the latest tests say about beach water quality

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Features

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Lesotho’s failed multi-million rand high-altitude sports centre

The decaying Rapokolana facility was built in 2005 but has never been fully operational. It is a missed opportunity for athletes from South Africa and Lesotho.

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Ethics company told to pay back Lottery money

ProEthics and its director Dr Janette Minnaar tried to stop us publishing this article

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Our Editorials

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We should not be playing war games with Iran, Russia and China

Repressive regimes should have no place in our military strategy

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Judges should respect press freedom

There have been too many prepublication gag orders in recent times

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Selected letters to the editor

Midrand water outage: Water outage in Dawnview Germiston

We have had water outage for six days then the water returns, and the next day it's gone. We are on… Read more

Cape Town underground tunnels: Use of Cape Town's tunnel water

I found this article interesting considering the pressures on our water supply. Is it not worth inv… Read more

Backtrack on closing pools: Manenberg's pool cannot possibly need "urgent repairs"

I have the privilege of living in the "koephuise" (the houses people bought) abutting Manenberg. So… Read more

Lesotho: Is it a separate country or a province of South Africa?

If Lesotho is made to be a province in South Africa and gives up its independence then passports an… Read more

Lesotho passport control: Hands Off Basotho Organisation

We are agreeing with this petition because as the organisation that's what we are always praying fo… Read more