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Fed-up with unresponsive officials, Gqeberha protesters torch trucks

Second day of protests by shack dwellers in Westville

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Brief | 27 August 2025

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Commuters stranded in Somerset West amid deadly taxi violence

At least five people dead as tensions between CATA and CODETA boil over

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SASSA to bring in biometrics for all social grant applications from September

The plan is to curb fraud and speed up processes

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Brief | 27 August 2025

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Green Scorpions target controversial Garden Route motocross track

Owner of the Harper’s Creek motocross track near Harkerville Forest must repair the damage to vegetation

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News | 27 August 2025

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A decade and millions of rands later, Eastern Cape community centre still incomplete

Tsomo multi-purpose facility was meant to take nine months to build

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Brief | 27 August 2025

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Gqeberha protesters torch bus, stone truck, demanding electricity

Separate protests erupt in Westville and Bayland

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Brief | 27 August 2025

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Informal settlement residents destroy sewage pump station

They threaten to prevent repairs to the station until their electricity is restored

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Brief | 26 August 2025

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Tshwane reduces water truck deliveries to informal settlements

Water will now only be supplied on four days of the week

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Brief | 26 August 2025

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Treasury defends award of tender for “untested and unsafe” circumcision device

Unicirc claims the device from winning bidder CircumQ is untested

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Law | 26 August 2025

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Cape Cultural Collective aims to promote diversity in the arts

Standing ovation closes Women’s Month event

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Brief | 26 August 2025

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Municipalities are ruining Hartbeespoort Dam

Pollution and sewage are harming the aquatic environment

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Photo Essay | 26 August 2025

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Medical parole system is failing dying prisoners

Terminally ill inmates have died behind bars because the parole process is cumbersome, expensive and inconsistent between prisons

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News | 26 August 2025

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Disability organisations protest against Dial-a-Ride cuts

City of Cape Town says it has to introduce cuts due to budget constraints

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Brief | 25 August 2025

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Protest against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine held in Durban

Demonstrators demand Russia return Ukrainian children

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Brief | 25 August 2025

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Contractor speaks out on Makana pump supply debacle

Municipality bungled a tender then scapegoated a director in an unfair dismissal

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News | 25 August 2025

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Medical refrigeration vehicle found transporting cement

Lesotho health ministry has suspended the driver

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