Buckets to catch water in Free State hospital’s leaking wards

Nurses downed tools last week over poor conditions at Boitumelo Regional Hospital in Kroonstad

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Brief | 9 February 2023

Project from Iceland to tackle drinking and drug use among children in George

Nearly half of 13 and 14-year-olds at one school have been drunk at least once, survey found

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News | 9 February 2023

Man dragged naked from his shack sues City of Cape Town for R1.4m

Launch of campaign to “expose law enforcement brutality”

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News | 8 February 2023

Dam is full but taps are dry in Komani

Chris Hani District Municipality blames low revenue collection, ageing infrastructure, and loadshedding for water rationing

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News | 8 February 2023

University asks NSFAS to scrap cap on accommodation allowance

Pretoria students say they will struggle to find lodgings

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Brief | 8 February 2023

No lights, no photocopier, broken toilets: the SASSA office in Mokopane is a mess

Agency moved into “temporary” offices more than a year ago

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Brief | 8 February 2023

Township boxer wants to train “the next Tyson”

But Masiphumelele’s boxing gym has hardly any equipment

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Photo Essay | 8 February 2023

Literacy crisis deepening in South Africa, says new report

Children are far behind in learning to read and it is getting worse

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News | 7 February 2023

Distell workers down tools and picket

Workers want minority union Solidarity to be recognised by employer

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Brief | 7 February 2023

Silicosis class action bolstered by Appeal Court ruling

Litigation has been ongoing for ten years

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Law | 7 February 2023

Concern over teenage pregnancies and school dropouts in Northern Cape

Without enough community, family and school support, pregnant learners struggle to finish their schooling

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News | 7 February 2023

Queer people and sex workers are badly treated in clinics, new survey finds

Deputy Minister of Health promises to tackle the problem

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News | 7 February 2023

Corruption blamed for ten-year delay in service delivery in Tshwane settlement

Councillor says the area first has to be rezoned

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News | 7 February 2023

Outsourced guards accuse Ekurhuleni municipality of failing to pay them

Protesting security employees say non-payments have become a problem since the coalition government took over, but mayor’s office says payments to security companies are up-to-date

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Brief | 6 February 2023

Appeal Court finds Cape Town’s emergency housing programme is not unconstitutional

Although it overturned the High Court ruling, the SCA granted the same relief

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Law | 6 February 2023