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Law clinics flooded as Home Affairs blocks asylum seekers from the system

Refugee offices are still not processing new applications unless immigrants have a transit visa, despite a court ruling that this is unconstitutional

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News | 15 October 2025

Judge hands down ruling three years late

For most of that time there was no record of it in the official report that tracks late judgments

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News | 14 October 2025

In northern KwaZulu-Natal, villagers have to fix their own roads and drains

They can’t wait for the government to prepare for the next rainy season

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News | 13 October 2025

Lesotho permit: A lifeline for Basotho workers facing collapse of textile industry

Announcement comes weeks after hundreds of undocumented workers were arrested in SA

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News | 11 October 2025

Ramaphosa extends SIU probe into Lottery

New investigation will have wider scope than previous one but still excludes some important allegations

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News | 11 October 2025

Cape Town’s puppets perform across the world

“The Herds” has travelled across the globe to raise awareness about migration and climate change

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News | 10 October 2025

Teen initiation fights: police probe attempted murder charges

Residents say these fights have become more violent with the use of dangerous weapons like garden shears, machetes and sticks

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News | 9 October 2025

Factory workers to march as Lesotho’s textile jobs hang by a thread

Unions demand the renewal of AGOA and lower tariffs on exports to the US

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News | 8 October 2025

Dial-a-Ride users struggle with bookings

Cape High Court ordered City of Cape Town to pause plans to cut back on transport service for disabled people

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News | 8 October 2025

Workers take to the streets on World Day for Decent Work

COSATU marches in major cities to highlight corruption, job losses and high cost of living

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News | 7 October 2025

We’re being pushed out, say Kalk Bay fishing families

Massive increase in water bills means they cannot afford to stay

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News | 7 October 2025

Eastern Cape families affected by 2023 floods to wait until next year for houses

Huge housing project launched before the floods is still in initial phase

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News | 7 October 2025

Lesotho families, moved to make way for a dam, lose court battle

20 years after they were displaced by the Mohale Dam, court tells families to share their compensation payout

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News | 7 October 2025

11-year-old killed as police van crashes into shack in Cape Town

Angry residents set van alight

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News | 6 October 2025

Demonstration outside Israeli embassy in support of flotilla activists

Six South Africans are among hundreds of people detained by Israel. They were bringing aid to Gaza.

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News | 3 October 2025