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Parliament debates report on Thabo Bester’s prison escape

“There’s public expectation that the parliamentary process we started in the previous term will be concluded,” says MP

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News | 29 October 2024

African Penguins now officially “critically endangered”

The bird is facing rapid population decline from competition with commercial fisheries and climate-mediated shifts in prey populations

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News | 29 October 2024

Opposition to open cast coal mining in Midvaal

For years residents have been objecting to the Springfield and Vlakfontein mining project

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News | 29 October 2024

South Africans exposed to high levels of lead

In 2022, over 700-tonnes of lead chromates were imported into the country from India alone

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News | 29 October 2024

Government must protect legitimate SRD grant applicants, say activists

Universal Basic Income Coalition say fraudulent applications only represent a “small proportion of applications”

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News | 28 October 2024

Gardener mauled to death by former Lottery boss’s guard dog

Stevens Mabuse, who worked for Phillemon Letwaba, was killed by a pit bull when he came home in the early hours

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News | 28 October 2024

Development of Tshwane settlement stalled by power struggle

“Founder” of Ebhubesini blocks land surveyors from starting housing process

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News | 28 October 2024

Shaggy sheep, ice rats and the future of Joburg’s water supply

Crucial wetlands in the Lesotho Highlands are in trouble

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News | 28 October 2024

Next week’s budget: posts for teachers in the spotlight

Some provinces hope for funding for teachers, others are less optimistic

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News | 25 October 2024