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City says there’s no money for water and toilets for Mamelodi settlement

Residents say they have no choice but to illegally connect electricity and water

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News | 24 May 2025

Dunoon residents threaten more protests over demolitions

They want the City of Cape Town to help resolve the housing crisis in the community

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News | 23 May 2025

HIV activists urge Parliament to respond to PEPFAR cuts

Parliament told that many clinics have closed and people can’t access HIV medication

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News | 23 May 2025

SIM card provider dodges law

uConnect issues free SIM cards without verifying identity or address, as required by RICA

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News | 23 May 2025

Housing plans for Tafelberg site revealed

Western Cape Government plans combination of social, affordable and high-end housing units

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News | 22 May 2025

SIU cracks down on lottery corruption, but NPA missing in action

Findings were presented to SCOPA this week

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News | 22 May 2025

Godongwana says PEPFAR services might be funded later in the year, as health department puts in new bid for emergency funding

This is despite Motsoaledi saying he’s never heard of emergency funding

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News | 22 May 2025

Calls for safety at Gugulethu clinic

After two recent armed hijackings, staff and patients are demanding CCTV and heightened security

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News | 22 May 2025

Budget: Changes ahead for R370-a-month SRD grant

And National Treasury sets new conditions for other grants

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News | 21 May 2025

Tested and safe? Court battle over circumcision device

Bidder wants tender process to start over, saying the device that won has no evidence supporting its use

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News | 21 May 2025

Wits scrambles to lessen fallout from Trump’s funding cuts

“It is impossible to rescue this whole operation. Nobody has that amount of money.”

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News | 21 May 2025

Government starts review of social grants payment system

Review is planned over a nine-month period, but activists want it done “urgently”

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News | 20 May 2025

Hawks, NPA sued for failing to investigate corruption at PRASA

It’s been a decade since criminal complaints were filed

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News | 20 May 2025

Cape Town rail plan still not finalised, provincial legislature told

“We are not there yet” PRASA executive tells MPLs

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News | 20 May 2025

NPA found “no conclusive evidence” that Cwecwe was raped

Case was dropped by NPA in November 2024

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News | 20 May 2025

Grant to prevent malnutrition is in limbo

Cabinet has concerns about Maternal Support Grant

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News | 19 May 2025