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World-famous Soweto music school faces funding crisis

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Gqeberha protesters block busy road, demanding better land

Residents of Nomakanjani informal settlement say they were promised they’d be moved

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Vicious dogs can be impounded, court rules

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Limpopo municipality fails to deal with officials fingered in corruption scandal

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Cape Town wants national government to save its disability transport service

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Climate protesters demand reparations from Standard Bank for fossil fuel investments

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Kariega residents march for better policing

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Former Lottery board member ordered to pay back R21-million in stolen grant funds

Money meant for good causes was used for personal gain

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Pair charged with multi-million rand fraud in Lesotho Highlands Water Project

Moeketsi Victor Williams and business partner Mabohlokoa Itumeleng Chaka allegedly siphoned off R4.5-million from one of the contracting companies

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Lesotho health minister says his country must be less reliant on SA and “stop being beggars”

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