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Sexual offences cases are being withdrawn due to DNA processing backlog

Over 37,000 DNA specimens yet to be processed in the Western Cape alone

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Brief | 26 October 2021

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Municipality in breach of court order to clear dumpsites

Informal dumping sites were meant to have been cleaned up weeks ago

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Brief | 26 October 2021

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Vital Concourt judgment on warrantless searches

Case arises out of “degrading and invasive” raids on “poor and vulnerable” communities in downtown Johannesburg

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Law | 25 October 2021

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Unemployed mothers and caregivers struggle to access Covid-19 grant

Since 1 July receiving a child support grant should not exclude one from getting the R350 Covid-19 grant

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News | 25 October 2021

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Covid-19 testing is too expensive and too difficult in South Africa

Our current approach is probably costing lives

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GroundView | 25 October 2021

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Immigrants in Gqeberha say they live in fear after Cele and Mbalula’s remarks

“They came here to fan xenophobia” says informal trader

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News | 22 October 2021

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Striking steel workers to return to duty by Monday

Unions agree to three-year increases and will be back paid from 1 July 2021

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News | 22 October 2021

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Homeless people organise to vote in local elections

National Homeless Network presents manifesto to ANC, DA, IFP, and Action SA in Durban meeting

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News | 22 October 2021

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Government funding delay causes vital insect research unit to close

“Our organisation was subsidising a lot of work in the hope that the tender would come through, and it just hasn’t”

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Science | 22 October 2021

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Equipment worth more than R6 million stolen from technical school in Gqeberha

Parents and learners demand the the department provide proper fencing around the school

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Brief | 21 October 2021

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Shockingly bad service at Home Affairs as queues begin at 2am

Minister says the problem is being addressed

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News | 21 October 2021

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Undocumented people can now get Covid vaccines - in some areas

Provincial pilot programmes are underway but details are vague

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News | 21 October 2021

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Elections 2021: This municipality is an exception in Gauteng

Midvaal gets clean audit, but some families still live in grim conditions

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Feature | 21 October 2021

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Pregnant women queue all night outside abortion clinic

“Poor treatment like this forces some of the women to go for illegal abortions”

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News | 21 October 2021

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Massive database of killings by police made public

Viewfinder analyses 47,000 cases of police brutality, and the results are horrifying

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News | 20 October 2021

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Labour Minister promises “mobile office” to rural Limpopo villages

People are sleeping outside offices to avoid long queues

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Brief | 20 October 2021

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