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Councillor accused of punishing voters for choosing another election candidate

Willowfountain residents say they are being deprived of water

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News | 25 May 2016

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Robertson abattoir workers hope to head back to Labour Court

Labour Appeal Court to hand down decision within weeks

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News | 24 May 2016

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Mayor handed sanitation petition on eve of budget speech

SJC members march in Cape Town

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News | 24 May 2016

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“Leaders by day and gangsters by night”

Abahlali welcomes conviction of councillors for murder of activist

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Interview | 24 May 2016

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Old left’s rainbow nation project offers no way forward

A response to Jeff Rudin

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Opinion | 24 May 2016

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Does the SJC understand Cape Town’s budget? You be the judge

Response to City's claim that activists don't understand the budget

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Opinion | 24 May 2016

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No jobs for newly qualified nurses

Free State Health Department fails to respond to numerous requests for comment

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News | 23 May 2016

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Eastern Cape students challenge Motshekga in court

Equal Education demands better infrastructure in schools

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News | 23 May 2016

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This simple task is a nightmare if you live in a shack

Just washing your clothes is slow, difficult and dangerous

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Photo Essay | 23 May 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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Where has all our money gone? 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

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

Covid-19: Legality and separation of power

I write to highlight legality and separation-of-powers concerns arising from a CCMA arbitration awa… Read more

Pool closures: Thank you Woodstock for reopening community pools

I'm not a big swimmer but every so often I like to pop down to my local community pool, Wynberg, to… Read more

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