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How people in Namaqualand are keeping the Nama language alive

A radio station and a school teaching Nama hope to stop the language from going extinct

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Photo Essay | 12 November 2024

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In photos: Turner Adams’s tattooed body told more than one story

Former Lavender Hill gangster died on 29 October

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Photo Essay | 12 November 2024

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Mother of three dies in Cape Town shack fire

Eight shacks burnt down in Marikana informal settlement on the weekend leaving 24 people homeless

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Brief | 11 November 2024

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Eldorado Park residents storm out of City of Johannesburg meeting

Residents say they want housing urgently

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Brief | 11 November 2024

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Illegal electricity cables “a huge risk” to Cape Town hospital

City promises shack dwellers will get their own electricity

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Brief | 11 November 2024

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Former lottery executive fired after disciplinary hearing

A number of dismissed lottery officials who have lodged appeals, as well as suspended officials, continue to draw salaries

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News | 11 November 2024

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This mobile provider is failing to implement RICA law

me&you mobile allows eSIMs to be activated within minutes using false information

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News | 11 November 2024

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Lebanese community protests outside Israeli embassy

Call for South Africa to cut coal exports to Israel

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Brief | 11 November 2024

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Storm damaged Kariega bridge could take two years to repair, says mayor

Two bridges linking KwaNobuhle to the town were badly damaged by floods in June and October

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Brief | 8 November 2024

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SASSA Gold Cards will remain valid, says Postbank, as deadline looms

Replacement with the new Postbank Black Card has begun in KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng, the Northern Cape and North West

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News | 8 November 2024

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Ian Blose was suspended as an attorney in 2022. Yet he is still a practising magistrate

He was also charged in the 2010 “Amigos” corruption case

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Feature | 8 November 2024

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Eastern Cape villagers fund their own water supply

They say Alfred Nzo District Municipality has failed them

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Brief | 8 November 2024

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Walking Joburg’s biggest baddest river: a very old church and a mermaid

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Injured Mister Sweet workers yet to be compensated

Casual worker claims he did not get any training before he got the job

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News | 7 November 2024

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Taxi driver died of “blunt force trauma”, says police watchdog

Luvuyo Vimba died after a clash with police

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Court bid to block TotalEnergies gas project off West Coast

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