How not to build a stadium

Tens of millions have been spent on a stadium in Elim since 2017. It is still not complete.

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News | 26 September 2025

Passenger rail gets back on track, slowly

Most rail lines have reopened, but there is still a long way to go

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Charts | 26 September 2025

Trump’s tariffs could cost Lesotho 30,000 jobs, the IMF warns

Garment exports make up 80% of the country’s exports to the United States

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Brief | 26 September 2025

Disabled Ekurhuleni residents given houses without water and electricity

The houses were specifically given to elderly and people with disabilities in Extension 2, Mackenzieville

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News | 26 September 2025

Judge scolds EFF for repeatedly wasting courts’ time

“The laxity with which the EFF acted is unexplained … the extreme urgency was entirely self-created and unwarranted, it inconvenienced the court, the participating party and other litigants”

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Law | 25 September 2025

Soweto youth honour their heritage with music

The Morris Isaacson Centre for Music teaches music to more than 340

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Photo Essay | 25 September 2025

Court battle over the end of Postbank’s agreement with SASSA

Postbank argues that ending its contract could have “severe consequences” for millions of social grant beneficiaries

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News | 25 September 2025

Keeping the memory of Constantia’s forced removals alive

Heritage Walk by Jaftha family Flower Farm honours displaced families

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Brief | 25 September 2025

Porterville women share their heritage through food

The Purple Mountain Arts Residency hosted its second Heritage Day festival

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News | 24 September 2025

Hundreds of unique Cederberg place names rescued from potential extinction

Names like Slangbosfontein, Katstertdrif, Pendoornkraal, Sterrebosbank, Vogelgesang, Haasvlakte, and Jakkalskop

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Photo Essay | 24 September 2025

Municipal strike called off in Buffalo City

SAMWU members went on strike for a week over outsourcing

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Brief | 23 September 2025

Hundreds of West Rand residents block busy highways over water cuts

Households in Kokosi, Fochville say they’ve been forced to rely on dirty water sources during the outage

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Brief | 23 September 2025

Room at clinic torched after electric wires confiscated in Khayelitsha

Town Two Clinic will be closed until Thursday

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Brief | 23 September 2025

Former home of Mamelodi Sundowns turned into a dump site

People living near the old Hezekiel Mothibe Pitje Stadium want the City of Tshwane to take action

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Brief | 23 September 2025

Malawian politician, fired in 2022, appointed to Lesotho Highlands Water Commission

Helen Buluma’s appointment as deputy CEO of the National Oil Company of Malawi was declared invalid in 2022

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News | 23 September 2025

Twist in rape cover-up trial

Court hears that an internal hearing cleared one of the three police officers on trial

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Brief | 23 September 2025