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Flood victims return to damaged homes

Nineteen of 21 families relocated after January floods in Tshakhuma, Limpopo, say the temporary emergency accommodation made their lives impossible

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News | 31 August 2026

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Students carry the cost of NSFAS funding cap, Parliament hears

Calls for accommodation cap to be scrapped or redesigned

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News | 28 August 2026

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Five years later: Bester prison escape trial set for April 2027

Bester’s lawyers told the court they are struggling to get access to their client

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News | 28 August 2026

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Gap in Cape Town’s janitor contracts leaves communities living in filth

The municipality says it will appoint some new janitors in September

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News | 27 August 2026

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Fruit workers strike over union recognition

Dispute over numbers at Villiersdorp company

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News | 26 August 2026

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Joburg’s dirtiest river may lose its only champion

Environmental organisation KlipSA faces closure

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News | 26 August 2026

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In this town, old women have to relieve themselves in a field

Some families have been living in Aloe-T informal settlement in Komani, Eastern Cape, since 1997

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News | 26 August 2026

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Fired for being foreign: how employers gave in to March and March threats

The Casual Workers Advice Office has recorded a sharp rise in reports of xenophobic labour practices in Gauteng

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News | 25 August 2026

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World’s largest research funder lifts ban on South Africa

Many clinical trials were halted, and many researchers were retrenched when the NIH stopped funding

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News | 24 August 2026