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Housing activists frustrated by President Ramaphosa’s six-month silence on public land act

They have been demanding that government use the State Land Disposal Act of 1961 to rapidly free up land for housing

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Brief | 18 March 2024

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Durban strike: Why it happened and what the fallout has been

Mayor says it will take two weeks to clear waste backlog

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News | 15 March 2024

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Bester and Magudumana fail to stop TV documentary

Four-part Showmax series on the Facebook rapist starts Friday

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Law | 15 March 2024

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1,330 houses in Mamelodi without electricity, some for seven years

City of Tshwane says it took over the project from the province before it could budget for it

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Brief | 15 March 2024

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Previous Lottery board and management ignored corruption investigations

“These reports were stuck in offices and safes littered across the building”

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News | 15 March 2024

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How to spend 12 years building a police station

Minister Sihle Zikalala has promised the Vuwani police station will be completed in 2025. Work on it started in 2012.

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News | 15 March 2024

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City of Cape Town won’t bend jobs policy, councillor tells Imizamo Yethu protesters

Development Forum says cleaning jobs are not going to young people from the area

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News | 14 March 2024

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The European company that profited from corruption at PRASA

Vossloh made R1.8-billion from a dodgy deal and has not paid back a cent

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Analysis | 14 March 2024

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Library services crippled in Nelson Mandela Bay

Some have not reopened since Covid lockdown

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News | 14 March 2024

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Library vandalism hits learners hard in Philippi

Brown’s Farm library may be closed for a year

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Brief | 14 March 2024

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