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Pre-dawn operation moves homeless people off Cape Town’s streets

City is offering “Safe Space” shelters but some people don’t want to go there

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News | 16 August 2024

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Protesting residents shot outside KZN ward councillor’s house

Injured protestor said he was shot by one of councillor’s bodyguards

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News | 16 August 2024

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Man suspected of raping a disabled child is at large after police bungle arrest

Mother says Elliot police have failed her

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News | 16 August 2024

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Stop new mining on West Coast, say fishers

“We depend on the ocean”

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News | 16 August 2024

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Homeless people removed from Cape Town’s city centre

“We want everybody to have dignified accommodation,” says ward councillor

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News | 15 August 2024

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Dodgy multi-million rand Rio Olympics grant under investigation

Here are the names of the officials with whom the Lottery will no longer do business

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News | 15 August 2024

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SA’s ‘rock libraries’ gain world acclaim

UNESCO World Heritage Site status granted to three rock shelters

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News | 15 August 2024

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In sickness and in health: What can workers expect from their employer if they are too sick to work?

CCMA finds dismissal of cancer survivor lawful

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News | 14 August 2024

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Father unable to register his son because he is not the mother

Despite DNA tests, Home Affairs refused to issue birth certificate to single dad’s son

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News | 14 August 2024

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Soweto property owners ask court to send Johannesburg officials to jail

They argue that the City failed to comply with two court orders

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News | 13 August 2024

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Five months after police drive into woman, breaking her pelvis, SAPS probe is still incomplete

Nolwazi Tokhwe says her life has dramatically changed

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News | 13 August 2024

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Rail theft accused using “Stalingrad tactics”, court hears

Decision on the High Court review brought by Syed Mohiudeen postponed

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News | 12 August 2024

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Eight years and counting - sewage spills into Butterworth river

Municipality blames illegal connections for pump station failure

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News | 12 August 2024

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Quieter seas are good news for African penguins

Numbers of breeding pairs in Algoa Bay have bounced back since bunkering stopped

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News | 12 August 2024

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“If you come here after 7h30, you probably won’t get helped”: the struggle to get into a SASSA office

Social grant beneficiaries get up before dawn or sleep outside the office in Eerste River

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News | 8 August 2024

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We asked nine provinces and a national department for information on the billions of rands they spend annually: here’s what happened

Several provincial social development departments are in breach of their own policy on disclosure. We list the provincial responses from best to worst.

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News | 8 August 2024