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Rape of 7-year-old child: mother accuses police of being slow to act

Police blame delays on “a shortage of manpower”

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News | 13 December 2024

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Promises, promises, but still no proper water supply in Musina

Children do the family’s washing at a broken municipal water pipe

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News | 13 December 2024

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Johannesburg has a water leaks problem. Here’s what’s being done about it

Study found more leaked municipal water in the Jukskei River than naturally occurring water

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Feature | 13 December 2024

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Sewage stench lingers at Milnerton Lagoon

Years after the City of Cape Town was ordered to clean it up, the estuary is still polluted

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News | 13 December 2024

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Rape case postponed 23 times

Nearly five years later there has been no justice

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News | 13 December 2024

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Inside Gauteng’s R500-million corruption scheme (part two)

How a network of non-profit organisations, co-operatives and companies captured the department’s “sustainable livelihoods” budget

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Feature | 12 December 2024

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Pup-up shop: new mobile clinics for dogs and cats

TEARS is rolling out vehicles that will provide both community education and veterinary services

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Brief | 12 December 2024

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PRASA finally signs rail deal with City of Cape Town

The Service Level Plan gives the City oversight over annual performance plans, station revitalisation, and the introduction of more train sets

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News | 12 December 2024

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“Pot” Stemmet faces charges over theft of Lottery-funded equipment

Machinery removed from “minstrel museum”

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News | 12 December 2024

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Makana’s immigrant-owned spaza shops remain closed

Makana authorities shut the shops two weeks ago citing violations of various regulations

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Brief | 12 December 2024

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Gauteng government’s buried corruption investigation (part one)

Forensic Audit into R500-million corruption in Department of Social Development was hidden. Non-profit organisations paid the price.

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News | 11 December 2024

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Epileptic woman has to sleep on concrete floor at hospital

Eastern Cape health department says Uitenhage Provincial Hospital has too few beds for increased demand

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Brief | 11 December 2024

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Legal delays threaten survival of African Penguins, say conservation groups

Activists say that the litigation to protect the birds’ feeding grounds has been dragged out for months by the state, despite the urgency of the situation

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News | 11 December 2024

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Turning Cape Town’s vacant land into indigenous gardens

German-South African collaboration is “greening” urban spaces

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Brief | 11 December 2024

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Sexual harassment complaint against Eastern Cape Judge President set for January

But the public will not have access to all the evidence

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Law | 10 December 2024

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Angry residents confront Johannesburg Water officials

People from Westbury, Westdene, Claremont, and Hursthill want a permanent solution to their water woes

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News | 10 December 2024

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