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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.

Elections 2026

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Cape Flats murders are on the rise

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What the latest tests say about beach water quality in Durban and Cape Town

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

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