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Thabo Bester saga: MPs from all parties grill G4S

Private prison company claims it cooperated with state’s investigation

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Parliament | 13 April 2023

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ZEP: no rights were taken away, Home Affairs’ lawyers tell court

“Government is free to change the policy”

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Law | 12 April 2023

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Cape Town’s water crisis worsened by the rich, study finds

Wealthy households use more than half the city’s water, say authors of article published in leading scientific journal

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Science | 12 April 2023

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Government knew Thabo Bester had escaped, but did nothing

Authorities dragged their feet investigating the matter, documents tabled before Parliament reveal

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News | 12 April 2023

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Limpopo protesters demand mobile toilets for schools with pit latrines

One school has three pit toilets for 400 learners

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Brief | 12 April 2023

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Apartheid labour tenants wait their whole lives for land rights - but there are signs of hope

Activists say the appointment of a Special Master of the Land Claims Court should speed up the process

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News | 12 April 2023

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Indigenous plant nursery run by homeless people brings new life to vacant land in Claremont

Ten formerly homeless people have been employed by the project through the U-turn Homeless Service Centre

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News | 12 April 2023

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Helen Suzman Foundation slams Home Affairs’ decision to terminate ZEP system

The Foundation is among several groups in court challenging the decision by Minister Aaron Motsoaledi

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Law | 11 April 2023

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Thabo Bester prison break: two men in court, charged with murder

Former prison warder and father of Bester’s partner remanded in custody

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Brief | 11 April 2023

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A year after the floods, the Gumbi family are still hoping to find the bodies of their children

“We have accepted that they are gone,” says member of Durban family

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News | 11 April 2023

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No water for three months in Sundays River Valley homes

Clinics and schools severely affected

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News | 11 April 2023

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66,000 learners in Limpopo schools are still using pit latrines

But the numbers are falling at last

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News | 11 April 2023

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You have until 8 May to comment on Cape Town’s new homeless plan

The City plans to open a new 300-bed Safe Space facility in Green Point

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News | 11 April 2023

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Hero gardener saves man from burning car

John Manda pulled elderly man from a car in Rooiels

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News | 11 April 2023

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Thabo Bester and Nandipha Magudumana arrested in Tanzania

The couple had several passports in their possession with different names

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News | 8 April 2023

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I acted in self-defence, law enforcement officer who shot dead a homeless man tells court

State’s witness testified that he was the one having an argument with officers that morning and that the deceased Dumisani Joxo had been defending him.

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News | 6 April 2023

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