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SASSA office in Strand will only re-open after September

Applicants for grants urged to use the online system

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Households left without electricity as Eskom implements load reduction

Power utility says this is necessary to protect transformers overloaded by illegal connections

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News | 20 August 2024

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Mpumalanga village has had no police station since two cops were killed there in 2002

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News | 20 August 2024

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Vets are leaving South Africa in droves

They battle tough working environments in rural areas

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News | 20 August 2024

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Shops destroyed by fire in downtown Joburg

Ward councillor believes the building had been hijacked

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Brief | 19 August 2024

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Police minister’s legal tardiness opens way for default rape case judgment

Leave to appeal in transgender case turned down by High Court

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News | 19 August 2024

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Project to make taxi criminals easier to identify

Sticker campaign launched in Kariega

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Brief | 19 August 2024

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Judge slams lawyers who preyed on refugees

Attorneys and advocate who did “a cut and paste job” for clients ordered to pay the costs from their own pockets

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Law | 19 August 2024

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Trains now run to Khayelitsha, but the Central Line is still not fully operational

Metrorail says work on remaining stations was delayed by rains

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News | 19 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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