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Immigrants fear kidnappers in the Eastern Cape

Hawks say they are investigating 14 cases

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News | 3 May 2022

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Bridge swept away in heavy rains restored for Eastern Cape villagers

Company rebuilt the bridge at no extra charge, says transport department

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Brief | 3 May 2022

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Eastern Cape farm workers vow to continue strike

Farmers’ organisation says many farms will struggle to survive this season

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Brief | 29 April 2022

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Seven million people have applied for the R350 grant since Saturday

Social Development says its budget can only cater for 10.5-million

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Brief | 29 April 2022

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Huge factory building stripped bare in Hout Bay harbour while Public Works department dithers

Former Oceana fishmeal plant could have been used for a community project, says fisher

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News | 29 April 2022

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“The bloodied hand cannot inherit”, court rules

While the criminal case goes on, a civil court has found that on a balance of probabilities Zurenah Smit was involved in her husband’s murder

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Law | 28 April 2022

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Video: Bara Hospital fails patients

Part five in our series on Gauteng’s healthcare crisis

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Video | 28 April 2022

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15 years after two men drowned, Fort Beaufort families are still waiting for a safe bridge over the Kat River

Parents keep children home from school when it rains

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News | 28 April 2022

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Judge sets precedent, orders therapy for child rape victim

The ten-year-old victim will receive monthly therapy for two years

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Law | 28 April 2022

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Thousands of farm workers face eviction with the end of the National State of Disaster, activists warn

Women on Farms march against evictions in the Western Cape

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News | 27 April 2022

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You chose electricity and toilets instead of houses, families told

600 households have been hoping for houses since 1993 in Fort Beaufort

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News | 27 April 2022

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Soweto residents block roads in electricity protest

Protesters demand that City Power restore the power supply, after a 13 day outage

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Brief | 26 April 2022

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Labour department rules that classrooms at Limpopo school are too dangerous to use

Department closes down part of the school after the Department of Education failed to fix it

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Brief | 26 April 2022

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Parents block N2 to demand scholar transport

They say learners have not been able to attend school since January

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Brief | 26 April 2022

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Fifty families share two toilets in Taiwan, Khayelitsha

Toilets have not been cleaned for five weeks

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Brief | 26 April 2022

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Video: How not to treat a patient

Part four in our series on Gauteng’s healthcare crisis

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