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The little charcoal business run by a group of young people in Matatiele

Morumotsho Charcoal has been going for eight years

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News | 15 July 2024

Shelters scramble as heavy rain continues

Besides a lack of space some shelters are also dealing with flooding

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News | 12 July 2024

Winelands families battle flooding: “For three days people have not slept”

Relentless rain hampers relief efforts

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News | 12 July 2024

Buffalo City ratepayers march to City Hall, rejecting electricity fee

A monthly maintenance network surcharge of between R376 and more than R700 came into effect on 1 July

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News | 11 July 2024

Appeal Court rules that City of Cape Town acted unlawfully

Ruling clarifies what constitutes lawful “counter-spoliation” when it comes to land occupation

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News | 11 July 2024

Census 2022 results are “incoherent and implausible”

Medical Research Council says there is an urgent need for population estimates that better describe the South African population

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News | 11 July 2024

No, we won’t move, say Butterworth shack dwellers

Residents of Sikiti informal settlement fear they’ll be forgotten if they agree to move to serviced sites nearby

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News | 11 July 2024

Red tape delays Dunoon housing project

The housing project was first announced to residents in 2018, and construction won’t be starting anytime soon

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News | 11 July 2024