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Popular TV show fined for domestic violence episode

There was no corrective to Isencane Lengane’s depiction of gender-based violence, says the Broadcasting Complaints Commission

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News | 2 May 2023

Crackdown on judges for late judgments

JSC asks president to suspend Judges Tshifhiwa Maumela and Nomonde Mngqibisa-Thusi

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News | 28 April 2023

Makhanda literacy project shows dramatic results

Whistle Stop School pulls learners out of class for short periods to teach them to read

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News | 28 April 2023

Refugees evicted from UNHCR offices find shelter in an old school

The building does not have toilets or electricity. But the refugees say it is better than Lindela Repatriation Centre

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News | 28 April 2023

Panashe, four months old, lives in a ditch with his mother

Melissa Gwarimba just wishes the Musina municipality would provide bathrooms for homeless people

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News | 28 April 2023

Hundreds of COGTA workers protest in Pretoria over unpaid wages

COGTA blames implementing agent, whose contract ended in March, for delays

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News | 26 April 2023

“Freedom Day is for rich people.” Shackdwellers protest in Durban

Residents of informal settlements march to city hall

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News | 26 April 2023

Langa Centenary celebrations to kick off on Freedom Day

10km run to honour Makhosonke Fika, Langa’s legendary long-distance runner

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News | 26 April 2023

Chief Justice’s office stonewalls requests for reports on late judgments

The last available report is for 31 December 2021

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News | 26 April 2023

Thabo Bester escape: did Nandipha Magudumana collect the same body from the same morgue twice?

Mystery deepens, inconsistencies accumulate, as police fail to answer questions

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News | 26 April 2023

Thabo Bester escape: Many unanswered questions about the death of Katlego Bereng

“We need to know how our son ended up dead and burnt in jail” says Bereng’s grandmother

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News | 25 April 2023

Drakenstein municipality heads to Supreme Court of Appeal over emergency housing

The municipality says its housing policy for poor rural and farm dwellers “is more generous than other municipalities in the Western Cape”

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News | 25 April 2023

Durban flood victims accuse government of not keeping its promises

We spoke to families living in emergency accommodation near the city centre

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News | 24 April 2023

The Presidential Employment Stimulus has been a huge success, so why isn’t it a priority?

The massive, ambitious programme offers participants - and the economy - real hope

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News | 24 April 2023

Grant recipients unable to renew their cards as expiry date looms

Social grant beneficiaries are worried they won’t be paid in two weeks

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News | 24 April 2023

Refugees evicted from UNHCR offices in Pretoria

UN refugee agency expresses relief that the operation was carried peacefully

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News | 21 April 2023