Brief

Cape Town neighbourhood is buried in rubbish

The City will use the public works programme to employ cleaners after a contractor withdrew due to extortion threats

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Brief | 20 December 2024

Hawks raid Free State municipality offices

Tenders for the refurbishment of the Brandfort Water Treatment Works form part of the investigation

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Brief | 18 December 2024

Pup-up shop: new mobile clinics for dogs and cats

TEARS is rolling out vehicles that will provide both community education and veterinary services

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Brief | 12 December 2024

Makana’s immigrant-owned spaza shops remain closed

Makana authorities shut the shops two weeks ago citing violations of various regulations

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Brief | 12 December 2024

Epileptic woman has to sleep on concrete floor at hospital

Eastern Cape health department says Uitenhage Provincial Hospital has too few beds for increased demand

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Brief | 11 December 2024

Turning Cape Town’s vacant land into indigenous gardens

German-South African collaboration is “greening” urban spaces

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Brief | 11 December 2024

Protest opposite Holocaust and Genocide Centre in Cape Town: call for ceasefire in Gaza

The picket marked the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide

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Brief | 9 December 2024

SA schools clinch top spots at international netball tournament

Paarl Gimnasium won gold and Leifo Iziko Combined School won bronze in Singapore

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Brief | 6 December 2024

Waste collection services resume in parts of Philippi

Service was suspended for two weeks after four guards escorting workers were shot and injured

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Brief | 5 December 2024

Third court order against Gauteng social development department

Nine months into the financial year, some non-profit organisations still not paid

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Brief | 5 December 2024

Pilot project to count homeless people in Cape Town

Volunteers hope the data they collect can be used to improve services

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Brief | 5 December 2024

Plant poaching fraud case to be heard in March

Two police officers and a botanical horticulturist face charges

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Brief | 4 December 2024

Pretoria mother uses her social grant to buy water on the street

Municipal water tanks in Vergenoeg in Atteridgeville are empty

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Brief | 3 December 2024

Hundreds march in Joburg demanding water

Residents of Phumla Mqashi informal settlement say they’re not getting enough water from trucks

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Brief | 2 December 2024

Life is tough in Tin Town

“When it is raining, we spend our nights standing up”

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Brief | 2 December 2024

School pit toilet nightmare solved thanks to civil society

Mampondo Primary School received 12 new aerobic sanitation system toilets

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Brief | 2 December 2024