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Last minute reprieve for Zimbabwe Exemption Permit holders

The Minister of Home Affairs has extended the ZEP to 28 November 2025

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News | 29 November 2024

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End book famine for blind people, demand protesters

Blind SA and other organisations picket outside the Constitutional Court

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Brief | 29 November 2024

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Tariffs on Shein and Temu: cheaper clothes versus saving jobs

SARS closes a loophole in import duties

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News | 29 November 2024

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How the City of Cape Town intends to manage the passenger rail network

The City first suggested the idea in 2017. It will present its plan to council next week

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News | 29 November 2024

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Hundreds left homeless after shack fire at one of Durban’s oldest informal settlements

About 150 shacks at Kenville informal settlement were gutted on Wednesday afternoon

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Brief | 28 November 2024

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The violent underworld of Stilfontein’s zama zamas

South Africa’s illicit gold trade is lucrative and controlled by gangs

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Feature | 28 November 2024

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Banxso associates sue Moneyweb and GroundUp

They are demanding R23-million

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News | 28 November 2024

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In photos: wagging tails and smiles greet Animal Welfare Society volunteers

Volunteers visit a different town in the Kalahari and rural Northern Cape each Saturday to offer much-needed services to pets

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Photo Essay | 28 November 2024

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Durban families abandoned in 2010 World Cup transit camp

The eThekwini municipality says there is no budget to help residents of Zamani transit camp

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Brief | 28 November 2024

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Homeless man’s struggle to keep his beloved dogs

The City of Cape Town has told Clayton Smith to leave De Waal Park where he has lived for 13 years

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News | 28 November 2024

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Joburg protesters block roads, demanding water

Water supply in Coronationville, Claremont, and Westbury has been erratic for two years, they say

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Brief | 27 November 2024

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Investigation into social grant fraud is a flop

SASSA investigation into SRD grant application system fails to answer crucial questions

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Analysis | 27 November 2024

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Protest at Cape Town primary school over vacant teaching posts

100 people picketed outside Siyazakha Primary in Philippi on Tuesday

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Brief | 27 November 2024

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Brightly coloured double-storey homes replace shacks in Khayelitsha

The Urban Think Tank Empower project has been in the works for about ten years

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News | 27 November 2024

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In photos: turning rubbish dumps into gardens in Upington

“It is the love of nature that keeps us going”

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Photo Essay | 27 November 2024

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Villagers work with Eastern Cape municipality to fix water supply

The Mncwasa Water Scheme has been revived

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News | 27 November 2024

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