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City of Cape Town hits back against extortion

SANCO accused of threats and intimidation at MyCiTI bus depot; denies any link to extortion

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Feature | 12 December 2025

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“A soap opera with bodyslams”: meet Cape Town’s pro wrestlers

Unique characters take to the ring in an epic display of physicality

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Photo Essay | 12 December 2025

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In photos: Homes destroyed in KZN storm

“I saw the corrugated iron roof blowing off”

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Photo Essay | 11 December 2025

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Broken promises: Sarah Baartman Centre is a case study in government failure

Hundreds of millions spent and a decade behind schedule

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News | 11 December 2025

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Living on R2,320 a month: Here’s how a pensioner spends her grant

“Sometimes by the 15th of the month, the groceries are all done,” says 61-year-old Noah Libbie

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News | 11 December 2025

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Botched permits spoil start to crayfish season

West Coast small-scale fishers demand answers from fisheries department

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News | 11 December 2025

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New law will reveal South Africa’s huge pay gaps

Amendments to the Companies Act will oblige companies to disclose the gap between the lowest paid worker and the top executive

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Opinion | 11 December 2025

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Police fail to confiscate firearms from domestic violence perpetrators, report finds

Guns are used in 35% of murders of women

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News | 11 December 2025

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Clinic staff are extorting immigrants to access life-saving medicines

Immigrants say they are being charged for ARVs, chronic medication and baby immunisations at some Gauteng clinics

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News | 10 December 2025

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Kimberley’s big hole of municipal failure

Sol Plaatje municipality’s speaker and municipal manager were recently appointed despite tainted records

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Feature | 10 December 2025

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After the shelter: Cape Town’s urgent need to house homeless people

Shelters and Safe Spaces are only stop-gap solutions. Transitional accommodation and support is needed, say experts.

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News | 10 December 2025

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Protesters demand Cape Town holocaust centre recognise genocide in Gaza

The vigil also marks International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide

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Brief | 9 December 2025

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Rail theft case postponed after state witness no-show

Mthuthuzeli Swartz was arrested in 2019. His trial has faced delay after delay.

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Law | 9 December 2025

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Lesotho’s Parliament blocks debate on explosive hospital report

The wife of the foreign affairs minister features prominently in the report

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News | 9 December 2025

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In Photos: Young Joburg ballerinas dazzle audiences

Dancers from Soweto, Alexandra and Braamfontein perform in ballet school’s year-end showcase

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Photo Essay | 9 December 2025

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Community fights to reopen primary school

Policy to close small schools forces children to walk far to get to school

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