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No water from the City of Tshwane, so families turn to illegal suppliers

The 12,000 households in Azania informal settlement have no official supply of water

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Gugulethu’s filthy rat-infested canal

City says the road maintenance team only cleans the canal for stormwater purposes not to address illegal dumping

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Off-duty cop accused of brutally assaulting Cape Town man

Unconscious victim dumped at community clinic

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Elderly people march in Pretoria, demanding houses

Some have been waiting since 1996

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Brief | 12 February 2025

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Free State students return to class after protests pause

But SRC warns protests could start again if the university’s management fails to follow through on its commitments

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South African book at centre of raid on Jerusalem bookshop

Educational Bookshop, opened in 1984, is the best-known bookstore in occupied East Jerusalem

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Bishopscourt land claimants to finally break ground on housing development

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Students disrupt classes amid housing crisis

NSFAS blamed for student accommodation challenges

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News | 11 February 2025

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Nyanga and Khayelitsha train services suspended because of fire

Metrorail says services should be restored in two days

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Protest erupts after neighbourhood without power for weeks

KwaNobuhle councillor urges residents to attend ward meetings

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Khayelitsha school still without stationery

Western Cape Education Department has urged the formation of a school governing body to help deal with issues at the school

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Northern Cape learners can’t go to class because schools have no money

Lack of funding for food and electricity has forced at least one hostel to close

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Over 15,000 South African health workers’ jobs are at risk as US cuts aid

Some harm reduction and LGBTI services have already closed

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Judge fights to clear her name

Johannesburg High Court Judge Denise Fisher says she acted lawfully and in line with the Constitution

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1,500 Lesotho health workers sent home after US aid suspended

Trump blocking aid threatens vital health services

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Gauteng Department of Social Development ordered to explain its funding decisions

Unfunded non-profit organisations to file a combined summons

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