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Cape Town is losing its trees

As global temperature records continue to be broken, cities need to move fast to protect residents from heat stress. Planting trees seems the simplest solution

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News | 31 October 2024

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Limpopo water crisis delays R37-million stadium

Vhembe stadium still unfinished a year after completion was scheduled

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News | 31 October 2024

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Parents threaten to shut down crumbling Limpopo school

The School Governing Body has been battling since 2011 to get the buildings fixed

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News | 31 October 2024

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Stones thrown at trains in Cape Town

Metrorail says 16 trains have been taken out of service for repairs

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News | 31 October 2024

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No lifeline for teachers as Godongwana warns of “difficult trade-offs”

“Budget cuts kill education” protesters tell Minister of Finance

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News | 30 October 2024

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Rail: a Masterplan will only be ready by next year, says Ramaphosa

City of Cape Town expresses disappointment at the slow pace of change

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News | 30 October 2024

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Bedsores and maggots: Ikamva Labantu’s shocking findings on elder abuse

Research report released into neglect and abuse of older people in Cape Town’s poor communities

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News | 30 October 2024

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Mister Sweet workers shut down labour department

They claim that an inspector left a Mister Sweet factory with “a lot of packets of sweets”

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News | 30 October 2024

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Ivaldo Macamo lost his leg when the George building collapsed. He is still waiting for compensation

Not one of the families we spoke to has received any payout

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News | 30 October 2024