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Over a thousand RDP homes built in 2019 still without tap water

Human Rights Commission found significant backlogs in water supply at uMzinyathi District municipality, KwaZulu-Natal

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Brief | 19 November 2024

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Court intervenes in Gauteng government’s funding blunders

Dozens of organisations have not been paid by the provincial social development department

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News | 18 November 2024

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Cape Town may pump as much sewage into the sea as it likes

Environment minister has lifted quantity restrictions on the city’s three marine outfalls

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News | 18 November 2024

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Eastern Cape mayor and speaker under investigation for fraud

They are accused of misusing the Sakhisizwe Local Municipality’s fuel card

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News | 18 November 2024

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200 RDP homes waiting more than six months for Eskom supply

“Only Eskom can answer,” says Amahlathi Municipality spokesperson about Northern Node Farm in the Eastern Cape

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Brief | 18 November 2024

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EThekwini faces backlash over last-minute invites to homeless workshop

The invite was a “sop to inclusivity and disrespectful” to stakeholders and homeless people, says Raymond Perrier of the Denis Hurley Centre

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News | 16 November 2024

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MSF slams Novo Nordisk for South Africa’s insulin pen shortage

But the multinational pharmaceutical company says it offered government solutions

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News | 15 November 2024

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In photos: Families of miners underground plead for help

About a thousand Zama zamas have already been brought to the surface

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Photo Essay | 15 November 2024

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SASSA CEO must resign over social grant failures, say Western Cape MPLs

But ANC members blame the Post Office

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News | 15 November 2024

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Long queues as Eskom meter upgrade deadline approaches

After 24 November old meters will no longer load electricity tokens

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Brief | 15 November 2024

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Public Works Minister: Telkom Towers police HQ a “monument to inefficient management”

A billion rand later, the department will either repurpose the complex or get rid of it

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Brief | 15 November 2024

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Commission confirms probe into Magistrate Blose’s appointment

Blose was once an accused in a high profile corruption matter

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Law | 15 November 2024

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Health department to take medical approach to heroin crisis

In response to high rates of heroin use, the government will pilot an opioid agonist therapy program

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News | 15 November 2024

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Durban police brutality case heads to trial after years of delays

The trial of 14 SAPS officers for the death-in-custody of Regan Naidoo in 2018 has been set down for June 2025

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News | 14 November 2024

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Why wage inequality matters

New legislation empowers shareholders to limit outrageous CEO remuneration

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Opinion | 14 November 2024

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Eviction looms for victims of traditional leader’s land scam

“Christmas is coming. I don’t want to be homeless”

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