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Khayelitsha residents protest removal of illegal connections by Eskom

Residents of New Monwabisi Park want their illegal connections temporarily formalised while they await electrification

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Brief | 22 August 2025

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Cape Town council approves social housing at “Fruit and Veg” site

237 social housing units are planned

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Brief | 22 August 2025

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Teachers’ march disrupts schooling in Free State

Hundreds of SADTU members marched to the Thabo Mofutsanyana education offices to demand that the district director step down

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Brief | 22 August 2025

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Lesotho’s outdated laws fail to protect threatened plant species

Maximum fine of R200 hasn’t been updated since 1967

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Feature | 22 August 2025

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Security guards say they were fired for joining unions

Striking guards block offices in Cofimvaba

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News | 22 August 2025

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Strike at Australian-owned plant in Boksburg

Workers want to be recognised as permanent staff

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Brief | 22 August 2025

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Calls for Parks Tau to ban coal exports to Israel

South Africa is “fueling genocide”, protesters claim

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Brief | 21 August 2025

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Dust settles after Maponya Mall taxi violence

Taxis and e-hailing drivers are operating peacefully for now

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Brief | 21 August 2025

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Violent crime on Table Mountain is increasing, volunteers warn

But SANParks says figures are stable

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News | 21 August 2025

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World-famous Soweto music school faces funding crisis

“We’ve survived under so many difficult circumstances but we’ve never been in the situation that we are in now”

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Photo Essay | 21 August 2025

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Gqeberha protesters block busy road, demanding better land

Residents of Nomakanjani informal settlement say they were promised they’d be moved

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Brief | 21 August 2025

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Vicious dogs can be impounded, court rules

Theewaterskloof Municipality wins appeal to impound three dogs that attacked visitors on private property in Caledon

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Law | 20 August 2025

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Limpopo municipality fails to deal with officials fingered in corruption scandal

Criminal case opened against the Greater Letaba Municipality for “missing” R1.3-million

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News | 20 August 2025

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“We can see the way children are treated by the way they treat their dogs”

Funda Nenja runs a dog training programme that offers veterinary care as well as social work

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News | 20 August 2025

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Cape Town wants national government to save its disability transport service

But the Department of Social Development denies receiving such a request

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Brief | 20 August 2025

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Climate protesters demand reparations from Standard Bank for fossil fuel investments

They also want TotalEnergies to stop further fossil fuel extraction in Africa

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