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Blaauwberg residents locked in battle over dune development

Ecologically sensitive land is at risk, and some of those who oppose the project say their input has not been taken into account

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News | 23 April 2025

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Lottery licence: “All will be revealed in good time” says Minister

Parks Tau says he will announce successful bidder on 28 May

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Law | 23 April 2025

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Understanding the court ruling on apartheid-era crimes

Landmark ruling in Johannesburg High Court paves the way for prosecutions

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Law | 22 April 2025

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Begging to feed their children

Women who beg at traffic lights with their children say they have no other options

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News | 22 April 2025

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Fight over fish in Lesotho’s Katse Dam

Local fishers say they are arrested and beaten up but authorities deny this

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Feature | 22 April 2025

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Constitutional challenge to ARTsolar’s gag order

Whistleblowers argue their right to freedom of expression has been violated. AmaBhungane has applied to join the case.

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Brief | 22 April 2025

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Court halts further work on luxury Stellenbosch mountain estate

Botsmaskop development stopped, pending a full court review

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News | 17 April 2025

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Inside the government’s confused response to the US funding crisis

The government could have used emergency allocations to finance defunded services but has failed to do so

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Feature | 17 April 2025

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Companies should think twice before gagging journalists

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GroundView | 17 April 2025

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Six distinctions but no ID: Top matriculant’s hope of becoming a doctor crushed

“My mother was a citizen, yet I cannot get an ID” says Emmanuel Ndlovu

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News | 17 April 2025

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Solar company changed its story just before gagging whistleblowers

Whistleblower alleges he was tricked into believing he was buying locally made material

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News | 17 April 2025

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New gecko species discovered in the Northern Cape

The Gravel Pygmy Gecko lives near Klein Pella in the Khâi-Ma Local Municipality

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News | 17 April 2025

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Protesters block major roads in Eastern Cape

Owners of small businesses complain about failures of the Dr AB Xuma Local Municipality

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News | 16 April 2025

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Future of Khoisan settlement in Grabouw hangs in the balance

Knoflokskraal has a restaurant, nursery, livestock farming and vegetable gardens, but little water

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News | 16 April 2025

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Cape Town’s water recycling project should not be privatised

Comment on the proposed Faure New Water Scheme closes on 17 April

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Analysis | 16 April 2025

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There are taps and flush toilets in this Durban township - but no water

Ntuzuma families buy water from nearby KwaMashu

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