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Cars destroyed by fire in Free State government pound

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City of Cape Town pushes for plan from PRASA to manage commuter rail

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PRASA accused of contempt of court

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Brief | 10 September 2024

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Health department misses another deadline to provide nurses with uniforms

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Only nine of 55 villages get water from controversial multi-billion rand project

Deputy President Paul Mashatile promises that by November a dozen more villages would get tap water via the Giyani Water Project

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Woman in wheelchair narrowly escapes death in Dunoon shack fire

Nearly 50 people left homeless

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Province tells City of Cape Town to clean up Dunoon

Warning on pollution and health hazards in informal settlement

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Brief | 9 September 2024

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At least 116 children died from malnutrition in the Eastern Cape in one year

Conference on hunger hears there’s more than enough food. Policy failures by both government and corporations are causing hunger.

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News | 9 September 2024

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Premier Group goes to court to end Mister Sweet strike

Strike at Germiston factory enters fourth week

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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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