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Hundreds of state mental health patients are being kept in prison

There are not enough beds in South Africa’s 13 psychiatric hospitals

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News | 1 June 2025

Sewage floods the streets in this part of Durban

Lamontville has been battered by floods

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News | 1 June 2025

Global Fund is $6-billion short and may have to cut life-saving programmes

US has cut funding and it’s not clear if other donors will meet their pledges

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News | 31 May 2025

New play challenges xenophobia

Graveland is running at the Market Theatre until Sunday, 1 June

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News | 31 May 2025

No arrests after xenophobic attacks in Addo

Hundreds of evacuated Zimbabweans are staying in a church hall

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News | 30 May 2025

Debate over future of social grants

Black Sash argues they are a vital safety net but economist questions their viability

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News | 30 May 2025

The attack on science

A GroundUp series on the right to be informed

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News | 29 May 2025

Battle between SANCO and municipality in Eastern Cape town

Calm restored after protests disrupt businesses

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News | 29 May 2025

Protests against Germany and Glencore mark Namibian Genocide Remembrance Day

Events in Cape Town and Johannesburg drew attention to the war in Gaza

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News | 29 May 2025