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Getting a Covid booster shot is not as easy as it should be

Under-50s will be eligible in February for a second booster

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Brief | 23 January 2023

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Johannesburg informal settlements wait a week for water

Contracting issue has delayed supply to over 40 informal settlements, says Joburg Water

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News | 23 January 2023

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Youth organisation scored big time from Lottery amendment for which it lobbied

Southern African Youth Movement picked up millions, thanks to the introduction of a new kind of funding

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Analysis | 23 January 2023

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Pretorians protest against loadshedding and tariff hike

ā€œ2024 is around the corner. This injustice is something that we are not going to forgetā€

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Brief | 23 January 2023

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City of Tshwane not coping with refuse removal, say residents

Refuse collection in Ga-Rankuwa is infrequent and illegal dumps are multiplying

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News | 23 January 2023

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Khayelitsha lesbian murder case postponed 14 times since May

ā€œThe justice system is failing usā€ says sister of Phelokazi Mqathanya who was fatally stabbed in 2021

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Brief | 20 January 2023

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Dust, flying rocks, deafening noise: blasting is a nightmare for people living near mines

Hereā€™s what government can do about it

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Opinion | 20 January 2023

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Mantasheā€™s axing of Peter Becker was unconstitutional, rules court

Becker served on the National Nuclear Regulatory Board

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Law | 20 January 2023

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Murder at Mangaung Prison: Leaked report shows ā€˜Facebook rapistā€™ was dead before a fire broke out in his cell

Leaked documents show that Thabo Bester was already dead before a fire broke out in his cell

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News | 20 January 2023

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Poo protest in Gqeberha

Nearly 600 households, sharing ten toilets in Govan Mbeki Village, say the facilities have not been cleaned since before Christmas

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News | 19 January 2023

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Fire Gwede Mantashe, say activists

Civil society groups plan mass action against electricity tariff hike and blackouts

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News | 19 January 2023

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Are police operations having a real impact on crime in Delft?

Community members and activists say there is a breakdown of trust in the policeā€™s ability to deal with crime.

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News | 19 January 2023

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Families desperately trying to keep Eastern Cape school alive

Built more than 70 years ago with mud bricks by villagers, Ixopo Junior Secondary School has been neglected by the education department

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News | 19 January 2023

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Fresh protests erupt in Phoenix as power outages continue

Supply lines unable to cope with surges caused by loadshedding

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Brief | 19 January 2023

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Operation Dudula chases immigrants away from Joburg clinic

Patients told to get health care ā€œin their own countriesā€

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News | 18 January 2023

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Stocks of snake antivenom are dangerously low, experts warn

Doctors wait at least six months for orders of vital snake polyvalent antivenom

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News | 18 January 2023

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