Brief

Tshwane investigation into illegal suburb raises hopes

Leeuwfontein home owners want their neighbourhood to be made a formal part of the city so that they can get water and sanitation

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Brief | 23 June 2025

Suspension of “whistleblower” traffic officers is unlawful, court rules

Traffic department has no ticket books or breathalysers, officers claimed

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Brief | 21 June 2025

Khayelitsha businesses demand Shoprite use their services

The Khayelitsha Security and Cleaning Association claim they’ve convinced Shoprite to broker a deal with their members’ companies

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Brief | 20 June 2025

Darling Street families in limbo after eviction case postponed

The Department of Public Works will meet with the City of Cape Town to discuss alternative accommodation

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Brief | 19 June 2025

South Africa needs to do more to tackle antimicrobial resistance, warn experts

This is a “pandemic which is wreaking havoc, is not being attended to properly and not being taken seriously enough”

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Brief | 19 June 2025

Youth Day march against gangs in Johannesburg

Westbury residents call on gangs to make peace

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Brief | 17 June 2025

Cape Town mothers in silent march for Gaza

Israel has blocked food from entering Gaza and killed more than 200 people at distribution points

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Brief | 14 June 2025

There are more than 20,000 unfinished RDP houses in the Free State

One couple has been waiting 14 years for their house to be built

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Brief | 13 June 2025

Three-day protest in Soweto over power outages

On top of scheduled “load reduction” stolen cables left Meadowlands in the dark for days

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Brief | 12 June 2025