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Undocumented children struggle to find schools
Instead of being in school some beg at traffic lights
News | 13 January 2023
Mystery: Why did a youth movement get lottery funding to build an old age home that doesn’t appear to be needed?
Five years later, the R27.5-million facility hasn’t opened
News | 12 January 2023
Gardening project helps patients recover from mental illness
The Spring Foundation at Lentegeur Hospital has several projects to rehabilitate patients
By Daniel Steyn
News | 11 January 2023
Another Postbank “glitch” delays January social grant payments
“We came to the Post Office and they said there was no money”
News | 11 January 2023
Rubbish hasn’t been collected for weeks in parts of Gqeberha
“We couldn’t enjoy Christmas lunch under these smelly conditions”
News | 10 January 2023
The Gollong racket has collapsed but there are new scams around
Gullible and desperate South Africans are falling prey to sophisticated international scammers
News | 10 January 2023
190 people left homeless after Khayelitsha fire
Families devastated, with newly-bought school uniforms and stationery burnt in the fire
By Vincent Lali
News | 9 January 2023
New medicines for drug-resistant TB will save lives. But will they be affordable where they are most needed?
Study, published today in New England Journal Medicine, shows that a new regimen is safer and more effective than the current standard of care.
By Daniel Steyn and Nathan Geffen
News | 22 December 2022
How close is Cape Town to taking over commuter rail?
Fikile Mbalula has been ignoring the mayor’s letters. Activists are now threatening legal action against the transport minister.
By James Stent
News | 20 December 2022