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Grannies help repair roads neglected by municipality

Roads in Metsi-Matsho village in Maluti-A-Phofung Municipality have not been fixed for decades

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Brief | 3 September 2025

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Storm damaged classrooms left roofless for six years

Ngqusi Junior Secondary school in Centane have been waiting for the education department to fix its classrooms since June 2019

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Brief | 3 September 2025

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Kariega clinic still closed seven weeks after gang shooting

Area has seen a surge in gang crime, residents say

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Brief | 3 September 2025

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Video: Editor responds to readers’ comments on Gaza

Video by Ashraf Hendricks

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Video | 3 September 2025

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Limpopo villagers block roads demanding water

“The problem is not water. It’s the poor leadership who are not willing to serve the people.”

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Brief | 2 September 2025

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Dozens of organisations join sex work decriminalisation court case

Cape High Court allows multiple groups to intervene in SWEAT’s challenge to laws criminalising consenting adult sex work

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Law | 2 September 2025

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Fed up Gqeberha residents close clinic

A petition signed by 200 people demands the local health service improve

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Brief | 2 September 2025

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Sewage in the rivers as Polokwane water treatment project stalls

Polluted water is flowing into the Blood and Sand rivers

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Brief | 2 September 2025

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Two years later: Joburg’s inner city buildings at risk of another Usindiso inferno

The City of Joburg is yet to make its “dark buildings” safe

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News | 2 September 2025

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Famine in Gaza: what next for South Africa’s genocide case against Israel

UN report confirms hundreds have starved to death despite International Court of Justice ordering Israel to allow humanitarian aid into the Palestinian enclave

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News | 2 September 2025

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Joburg shows support for Gaza flotilla

“There are risks. But the greater danger lies in allowing Israel and its allies to carry out genocide with impunity.”

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Brief | 1 September 2025

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No train to Mitchells Plain: last steps to fully reopen Central Line

Work has been disrupted and more than 1,250 people still live on the tracks

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News | 1 September 2025

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Buffalo City wastes millions on vanity projects while essential infrastructure crumbles

More than R200-million blown on mismanaged tourist attractions while beaches are polluted by sewage

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Police officer accused of murdering man in Khayelitsha

Off-duty cop allegedly took a gun from his colleague and shot Sesethu Sigonyela

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Chart of the week: Taps but no water

In most provinces, less than 60% of people in formal housing have reliable water access

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New oil transfer regulations a ‘lifeline for penguins’, says Minister

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