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Ethics company told to pay back Lottery money

ProEthics and its director Dr Janette Minnaar tried to stop us publishing this article

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Feature | 21 January 2026

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Trains will be back on this Joburg line soon

Trains on the Vereeniging line stopped running during the covid lockdown

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Brief | 21 January 2026

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“Ethics” company applied to gag GroundUp

ProEthics filed an urgent court case to stop GroundUp reporting on its questionable R28-million procurement with the National Lotteries Commission

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Law | 20 January 2026

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Fire destroys shacks in Khayelitsha

Dozens of families affected

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Brief | 20 January 2026

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Philippi East massacre: Cops contradict each other on arrests

Suspects appear to have been taken in for questioning, but not arrested

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Brief | 20 January 2026

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Human Rights Commission visits school where learners use playground as a loo

Toilets are being repaired at Van Coller primary after parents shut down the school last week

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Brief | 20 January 2026

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Lesotho village with solar farm has no power

Villagers say they gave up grazing land for solar panels in 2022, but they have not seen any reward

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News | 20 January 2026

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Unemployed teachers camp outside KZN education department

Department ignores them

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Brief | 19 January 2026

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“Girls on Bikes” make cycling joyful and safe in Johannesburg

“For me it’s not even about the fitness, it’s more the social aspect: getting to meet people and form friendships.”

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News | 19 January 2026

Elections 2026

How is your municipality doing?

We are doing in depth reports on municipalities across the country ahead of the 2026 local elections.

Elections 2026

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Failing water systems will cost R400-billion to fix, says minister

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Cape Flats murders are on the rise

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What the latest tests say about beach water quality

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Whatever Trump says, whites are not doing badly in South Africa

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The report on the six villages in Sicwenza who have been without running water for seventeen years … Read more

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The massacre in the Marikana informal settlement, where eight people were executed in cold blood, i… Read more

Suspended magistrate: Slow and incompetent judges

I have my own issues with how the Durban High Court operates, specifically with regard to missing f… Read more

St Lucia fishers: protect the constitutional rights of the small-fishers

Whatever the conservation pressures in a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Constitution does not perm… Read more

District Six evictions: A polite "no thank you"

If ever there was reason for our National Government to threaten Expropriation without compensation… Read more