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Open Secrets report: How big consulting firms are cashing in on the climate crisis

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Government still has no plan to replace US HIV funding. Health organisations are demanding action

A petition calls on the health department to release an emergency plan

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Brief | 26 June 2025

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Late judgments have increased. Here’s what’s being done to fix the problem

The Chief Justice plans a full rollout of Court Online for civil matters by 2026 to reduce backlogs

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News | 26 June 2025

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Parents vow to keep children out of school after murder of learner

Demand for scholar transport after 13-year-old Anga Ndema was killed on her way back from school

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News | 26 June 2025

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Court orders dissolution of debt-ridden Ngwathe Municipality

AfriForum brought the case to compel the Free State government to intervene in the failing municipality

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Khayelitsha residents take over SASSA meeting to voice grievances

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News | 25 June 2025

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Violent scenes in Engcobo on second day of SANCO “shutdown”

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Brief | 25 June 2025

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Police officers protest against rape and sexual harassment in their ranks

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Brief | 25 June 2025

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Sex offenders in schools: how government botched a crucial learner safety project

In spite of government promises, only one teacher in ten has been screened

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Feature | 25 June 2025

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Belal Khaled’s photographs bring the horror of life in Gaza to Johannesburg

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Photo Essay | 25 June 2025

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Brainwashed by plastic: what needs to be done?

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Video | 24 June 2025

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Starlink launches amid job losses in Lesotho

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News | 24 June 2025

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SANCO and ANC clash in Eastern Cape

Protestors gathered at Ngcobo’s municipal offices, despite a court order

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News | 24 June 2025

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South Africans and Zimbabweans pray together after xenophobic attacks

Mob in Addo killed four, injured dozens, and displaced hundreds of families

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News | 24 June 2025

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