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Rhodes University plans water independence from municipality

“Our students and staff can no longer depend on a dying municipality” says vice-chancellor

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Brief | 4 September 2024

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Security guards picket at another Cape Town hospital

Security guards employed by Golden Security Services in Heideveld say they are owed money

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News | 3 September 2024

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Free State mayor’s mystery 7,000 km journey

Invoices suggest Nketoana mayor spent R100,000 on a rented car in a single month

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News | 3 September 2024

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Man killed crossing the road to relieve himself

Protesters block R334 in Kariega after the accident

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Brief | 3 September 2024

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Aussie-owned West Coast mining company in trouble

Owner of controversial Tormin mine is in business rescue

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News | 3 September 2024

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African championships get underway despite Basketball South Africa’s bungling

Tournament delayed by late arrival of teams

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News | 3 September 2024

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Ombud finds IOL broke press code on Renaldo Gouws video

IOL says it will not apologise and is applying for leave to appeal the ruling

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Law | 3 September 2024

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Survivors mark anniversary of tragic Marshalltown fire

100 people gather at Usindiso building to light candles

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Brief | 2 September 2024

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Rules for R370-a-month social grant to be challenged in court in October

#PayTheGrants and the Institute for Economic Justice say regulations exclude many people who are eligible; government disagrees

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News | 2 September 2024

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Journalist fled Gaza to save her family

Youmna El Sayed says the Israeli military is targeting Palestinian journalists

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Interview | 2 September 2024

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Musina community threaten to shut down toll

Residents blame what they described as a ‘porous border’, for exacerbating crime in their communities.

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Brief | 2 September 2024

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Judge Lindiwe Rusi vs City Press: a look at the Press Ombud’s ruling

Journalists need to be careful when repeating previously published allegations

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Law | 2 September 2024

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Man burns to death as police swoop on informal miners

Daggafontein community furious with authorities for “violent” response of authorities to work that fuels their local economy

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News | 31 August 2024

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Court asked to compel PRASA to return belongings of foreshore land occupiers

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Brief | 30 August 2024

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Security guards picket at Groote Schuur Hospital

The striking workers claim they have been paid late two months in a row

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News | 30 August 2024

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Tensions mount as Cape Town farmers face relocation

The area that the government wants to move them to is already occupied

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