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Plans to stop raw sewage being pumped into the sea off Cape Town

The City is considering treating sewage before releasing it through marine outfalls. But even then, “forever” chemicals will not be broken down

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News | 21 February 2023

Action needed to reduce Cape Town’s water usage, says expert

Dam levels are set to fall below 50% in March. This time last year they were 80% full

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News | 21 February 2023

PRASA board strikes back against whistleblower

Martha Ngoye will apply for the certification and enforcement of her arbitration award

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News | 20 February 2023

People queue from 4am to sort out their UIF

Cape Town labour centre serves 600 people a day. Many of them keep having to return

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News | 20 February 2023

Taxi protests: We cannot bypass tender processes, MEC tells bosses

Thousands of learners returned to school on Monday morning following week-long protest by taxi drivers

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News | 20 February 2023

Police fire rubber bullets at Geluksdal students

A fatal stabbing at the school has led to protests demanding “justice” for Shawn Mphela

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News | 17 February 2023

Gandhi’s legacy in South Africa threatened by lack of government interest and dwindling funds

Gandhi Museum and the Phoenix Settlement he founded no longer have any major donors

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News | 17 February 2023

Fed up parents threaten to close down Valencia if a new school is not built

A new primary school was first promised in 2007

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News | 17 February 2023

Disabled immigrants evicted from Joburg building by Operation Dudula

“Everything was lost during the eviction. Now I sleep with my children in a room with many others” says mother

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News | 16 February 2023

Over a million people who qualify for the R350 grant aren’t getting it

Only 85% of all approved beneficiaries are being paid, Parliament hears

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News | 15 February 2023

Eastern Cape municipality goes to court to block protest

Protesters are complaining about sewage, rubbish collection and water supply

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News | 15 February 2023

Protesters block major roads in Cape Town in cleaning contract dispute

Five arrested but not charged

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News | 15 February 2023

Ladysmith substation repair could take up to two months to complete

Some areas of the town suffered a nine-day power outage

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News | 15 February 2023

Small Eastern Cape municipality spends more than R1-million on a meeting in a Durban hotel

Meeting is part of “building a better Matatiele” says spokesperson

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News | 15 February 2023

“You won’t be making mistakes if you invest in immigrants”

Scalabrini Centre event highlights need for university scholarships for foreign nationals

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News | 14 February 2023

Our hospital can’t cope, say Atlantis residents

Activists want City clinics upgraded and transferred to the province to take pressure off Wesfleur Hospital

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News | 14 February 2023