Mpondoland dagga growers left out to dry

Six years after the Constitutional Court judgment, small-scale dagga growers are sliding deeper into poverty while businesses profit in South Africa’s “cowboy” cannabis industry

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Feature | 29 July 2024

Boksburg school hosts massive international marimba festival

This year’s International Marimba and Steelpan Festival featured a record 2,300 musicians from across South Africa and neighbouring countries

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Photo Essay | 29 July 2024

Pressure mounts for Gwamanda to be removed as Joburg Mayor

Hundreds protest in Braamfontein

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News | 29 July 2024

Dust in the air: Lack of transparency over Gauteng farming project funding

A number of organisations that received funding from the Gauteng Department of Social Development through the Daracorp non-profit, say Daracorp never delivered on their promises

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Feature | 27 July 2024

Churches join call for basic income grant

Providing a guaranteed minimum level of income frees people from vicious cycle of poverty, says Archbishop Thabo Makgoba

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News | 26 July 2024

Apartheid-era hostel causing a stink in Eastern Cape town

More than 200 families live in the dilapidated Molo hostel in Butterworth without toilets - and the smell is annoying the neighbours

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News | 26 July 2024

The right to protest is being blocked by administrative barriers

Municipal officials often misinterpret the law

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Opinion | 26 July 2024

Makhado Municipality finally complies with court order to appoint top official

Unions welcome appointment of Godfrey Raliphada to Chief Financial Officer

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Brief | 26 July 2024

Police torture case: delay over CCTV footage

Three officers are accused of assaulting Juma Igiranieza, a barber, at his workplace, in Mowbray on 7 November 2023

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Brief | 25 July 2024

Rubbish piles up in Durban streets as cleaners picket outside city hall

Expanded Public Works Programme workers lose jobs as budget is cut

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Brief | 25 July 2024

Spectre of new hotel looms over SA’s oldest mosque

Bo-Kaap residents appeal City’s decision to approve a new six-storey development in the historic suburb

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News | 25 July 2024

New app to help Western Cape social workers

Plan is to slash time spent on paperwork

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News | 25 July 2024

Dogs and cats get their own taxi in Cape Town

The taxi is being piloted by AfriPaw and is aimed at providing access to its free monthly animal clinics for pets living in poor communities like Vrygrond

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News | 25 July 2024

Man found dead after arrest: family demands answers from police

Western Cape SAPS have opened an inquest docket

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News | 25 July 2024

Queer rights: The World Bank must stand firm on Uganda

The fight for equality demands international support

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Opinion | 24 July 2024

Judge blocks government plan to tell private hospitals and doctors where they can go

“Certificate of Need” scheme thrown out of National Health Act

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Law | 24 July 2024