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Not much sign of “houses, security and comfort” where the Freedom Charter was signed

Behind Walter Sisulu Square are crumbling houses and crowded informal settlements

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Feature | 5 April 2022

Yashoda Ram, NUMSA’s insurance company’s curious curator

Why did she suddenly change her mind about 3Sixty Life’s future?

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Feature | 1 April 2022

Lottery money funded the board chair’s luxury private estate

One of Alfred Nevhutanda’s companies received millions for his mansion from Lottery grants

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Feature | 17 March 2022

Rubbish piles up in Cape Town’s townships as residents fight over jobs

The City says it is making efforts to upgrade the jobseekers’ database

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Feature | 9 March 2022

Northern Cape’s rare succulents are being stolen for the international illegal market

Plant poaching is on the increase, say police

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Feature | 7 March 2022

Police must put themselves in our shoes, says sex worker

SWEAT and Sisonke are running sensitisation training to stop violence from police officers

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Feature | 25 February 2022

I beat an antibiotic resistant infection - but only just

Antibiotic resistance is not an abstract problem. It’s deadly and we can all do more to fix it

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Feature | 24 February 2022

Bee hive removal services: beware of scammers

Good winter rains and hot summer weather have raised bee activity in Western Cape suburbia

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Feature | 21 February 2022

Broke municipality can’t provide basic services but it pays managers massive travel allowances

Amahlathi Local Municipality has a history of financial mismanagement

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Feature | 11 February 2022

Fowl play! Lottery board member received millions linked to Lottery grants

Grant beneficiaries made payments into William Huma’s home loan

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Feature | 7 February 2022

SAPS probes notorious cop and his former boss in test case for police accountability

From Athlone to Lambert’s Bay Giovanni Gabriels is accused of leaving a trail of out-of-control violence

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Feature | 31 January 2022

The strangest vegetable gardens in South Africa

On an old military base in Cape Town, unlawful occupants are growing vegetables alongside the soldiers

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Feature | 31 January 2022

Dunoon matrics beat the odds

Piles of distinctions for learners from crowded Cape Town settlement

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Feature | 26 January 2022

Simon’s Town train service is back, but commuters are worried about their safety

Passengers crowd together to fend off robbers

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Feature | 13 January 2022

Meet the woman at the centre of Port Nolloth’s crayfish trade

Rosie Malan has been working in fishing for 43 years

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Feature | 15 December 2021