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Taxi bosses demand children use their services to get to school

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News | 23 August 2024

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Researchers raise alarm about access to Child Support Grant

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News | 23 August 2024

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Western Cape government calls for harsher penalties for attacks on social workers

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Brief | 23 August 2024

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In these Free State villages you must share water with the pigs

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News | 23 August 2024

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Glencore urged to stop selling coal to Israel

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News | 22 August 2024

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Future of the nearly 900 people living in Woodstock Hospital hangs in the balance

Cape Town Mayor commits to social housing but residents believe they will be kicked out

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News | 22 August 2024

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Philippi community welcomes temporary police station

This comes two years after the previous Browns Farm satellite police station was decommissioned due to severe vandalism and safety concerns

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News | 22 August 2024

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Basketball South Africa bungles hosting of African championships

National teams, venues, still unannounced two weeks from U18 African Basketball Championship

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News | 22 August 2024

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Durban land occupiers take municipality to court

Shacks in KwaDabeka have been continuously demolished, allegedly without an eviction order

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Brief | 22 August 2024

Elections 2026

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We are doing in depth reports on municipalities across the country ahead of the 2026 local elections.

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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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