From street child to open water athlete

Thabiso Molefi ran away from home at 14. Five years later he swam from Robben Island to Blouberg

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News | 13 January 2020

Scores attend funeral of poisoned children in Motherwell

Families considering legal action against municipality

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Brief | 13 January 2020

No pay, no work: Eastern Cape ambulance drivers down keys

They say back-pay owed to them was promised by 6 January

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Brief | 10 January 2020

Greenmarket Square refugees have split into “two hostile groups”

Reverend Alan Storey’s church has provided shelter to hundreds of people for months but the situation has become untenable

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Brief | 10 January 2020

Clinic closes to most patients after burglary

Kuyasa clinic usually treats about 400 patients per day

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News | 10 January 2020

Thousands wait for hours at understaffed Beitbridge border

Nearly 60,000 people crossed the border back into South Africa over a 24-hour period last week

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Brief | 10 January 2020

Toilet cleaners battle to get detergents and equipment from Buffalo City Municipality

Cleaners say they pay for their own cleaning materials

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Brief | 9 January 2020

Pigs feast on human excrement as township drain overflows

KwaNobuhle residents have been complaining about leaks for two years, they say

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Brief | 9 January 2020

Municipality silent on hijacked houses in Nelson Mandela Bay

Report shows nearly one in five houses in Missionvale project are not occupied by rightful owner

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News | 9 January 2020

City to move against Greenmarket Square refugees

Refugee leader says they remain “hopeful” that City will provide temporary shelter

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Brief | 8 January 2020

“We grew up as backyarders and we are still backyarders today”

Arcadia House occupiers plead for affordable housing near Cape Town’s inner city

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Brief | 8 January 2020

Residents point fingers at municipality after children poisoned on dumpsite

Motherwell families say rubbish is not collected and there is nowhere for children to play

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News | 7 January 2020

Neighbour saves children from burning shack

“He heard little voices coming from the inside”

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News | 7 January 2020

Donkerbos residents lift bakkie to safety during blaze

About 30 people displaced following fire at Somerset West informal settlement

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Brief | 6 January 2020