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Eastern Cape village “electrified” after 30 years, but there is no power

Poles and electricity boxes were installed in 2023 in Nyamankulu near Cofimvaba, but Eskom and Intsika Yethu Municipality say there are outstanding issues

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Brief | 22 December 2025

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The youth leader, his ex-wife and the frozen Lottery money

The Special Tribunal has frozen R2.7-million of proceeds from the sale of a house that Alfred Sigudhla and Patience Chauke owned. The house was bought with funds meant for community development.

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Brief | 18 December 2025

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Foot-and-mouth disease hits Limpopo

Three recent outbreaks pose a threat to small-scale farmers’ livelihoods

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Brief | 18 December 2025

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Municipality silent on why it can’t provide electricity

“We no longer care about bricks because we know they will take forever,” says Komani woman who has lived in shacks for 24 years

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Brief | 18 December 2025

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Pensioners build their own community hall

Households donate a minimum of R100 to the project

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Brief | 17 December 2025

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City of Cape Town is a step closer to operating train services

Council approves business plan but devolution of rail will depend on funding from the Treasury

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Brief | 16 December 2025

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Protesters demand Cape Town holocaust centre recognise genocide in Gaza

The vigil also marks International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide

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Brief | 9 December 2025

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Community fights to reopen primary school

Policy to close small schools forces children to walk far to get to school

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Brief | 9 December 2025

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Kouga’s failed R1.4-million mini market project

A mini fresh food and craft market for Hankey never opened

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Brief | 8 December 2025