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Makana Municipality to appeal against judgment

Mayor says the municipality has improved and wants judgment dissolving it overturned

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Brief | 22 January 2020

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Waste reclaimers in court over right to work

City of Tshwane asked to provide land suitable not only for living but for work

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News | 22 January 2020

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Immigrant shop owner under police protection after looting

Spate of xenophobic violence follows murder of policeman

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Brief | 22 January 2020

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Children use electricity pylon as jungle gym

Residents of PE township where four children died after playing on rubbish dump call for recreational facilities

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Brief | 22 January 2020

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Are our matric results really improving?

A close look at the statistics raises troubling questions

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Analysis | 22 January 2020

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We have become mosquito food, say families living along filthy canal

Part of Gugulethu canal clogged with rubbish after employment dispute

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News | 22 January 2020

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Muncipality breaks its promise to fix taxi rank toilets

After six months, streams of urine still flow from broken toilets

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Brief | 22 January 2020

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Learners sent home after municipality cuts water supply to Pietermaritzburg school

School ran up bill of R2 million, says municipality

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Brief | 21 January 2020

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Taxi driver told he owes municipality R68,000 for water

Water leak outside his house has not been fixed since 2018

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News | 21 January 2020

Elections 2026

How is your municipality doing?

We are doing in depth reports on municipalities across the country ahead of the 2026 local elections.

Elections 2026

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Cape Flats murders are on the rise

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Charts | 16 January 2026

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What the latest tests say about beach water quality in Durban and Cape Town

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