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Our prisons are falling apart, says inspector

Lack of maintenance and disintegrating infrastructure put prisoners and staff at risk

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Opinion | 28 July 2023

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Piketberg landowners block mining company’s access

New salvo fired in decades-old opencast tungsten mine proposal

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News | 28 July 2023

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Who will be our next Public Protector? Here are the candidates

At least one may face conflicts of interest, a Corruption Watch study shows

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Analysis | 28 July 2023

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UK’s Jim Skea elected chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

The IPCC is one of the most important bodies tackling climate change

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Brief | 27 July 2023

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G4S in last-ditch bid to keep Mangaung Prison contract

Employees uncertain if they will still have jobs at the prison where Thabo Bester escaped

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News | 27 July 2023

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Conditions for R350-a-month grant to be challenged in court

Department of Social Development is “deliberately excluding” eligible recipients of the Social Relief of Distress grant, says economist

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News | 27 July 2023

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Census: Here’s where things stand

It was delayed by Covid, but it is scheduled to be released within months

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News | 27 July 2023

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Fired for getting stuck in lift: No prospect of success but minister fights on

Minister Kubayi has lost her bid for leave to appeal a Labour Court ruling that she reinstate a deputy director she fired

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Law | 27 July 2023

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Law firm’s directors suspended after R25-million went missing from trust fund

Directors of Chueu Incorporated Attorneys may not practice for six months while the Legal Practice Council investigates

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Law | 27 July 2023

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Ten years after GroundUp revealed her plight, a disabled woman and her autistic son are still living in a tiny shack with no electricity or sanitation

Musa Pani is now 17 and nothing has changed for the better

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News | 27 July 2023

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SAMWU march in Tshwane marred by violence over “internal problems”

Thousands of South African Municipal Workers’ Union members marched in Pretoria on Wednesday to demand higher salaries

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News | 26 July 2023

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Western Cape government to decide on homeless shelter in District Six

Public submission process has closed

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Brief | 26 July 2023

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Evicted families take “eco-friendly” property developer to court

MaxxLiving claims to “create jobs, profit, culture and prosperity” - but it may be in contempt of court for not housing 15 families after a court order

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News | 26 July 2023

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Road Accident Fund fails to respond to whistleblower allegations

GroundUp experiences first hand the RAF’s dysfunction

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News | 26 July 2023

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Wayne Deck: an exemplary civil servant

Cape High Court clerk’s legendary work ethic should inspire others

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Opinion | 26 July 2023

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Two years after Phoenix violence, anger at government inaction

This comes as two brothers are set to be sentenced in August

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