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In photos: Overcome Heights battered by storm

Ward councillor says there’s a long-term plan to help the community

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Brief | 28 June 2025

Gauteng children’s organisations protest against funding cuts

Over 300 workers marched, demanding the reinstatement of psychosocial funding and the return of food parcel distribution

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Brief | 27 June 2025

Women, evicted from farms, march for housing

They want the Drakenstein Municipality to provide detailed plans, timeframes, and budget for housing

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Brief | 27 June 2025

Khayelitsha residents scoop buckets of water from flooded homes

Many Taiwan informal settlement residents are now sleeping at the community hall

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Brief | 26 June 2025

Government still has no plan to replace US HIV funding. Health organisations are demanding action

A petition calls on the health department to release an emergency plan

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Brief | 26 June 2025

Violent scenes in Engcobo on second day of SANCO “shutdown”

Nasty scuffle breaks out between Spar owner and protesters

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Brief | 25 June 2025

Police officers protest against rape and sexual harassment in their ranks

The protest follows the alleged rape of a trainee by an instructor at the Tshwane Training College

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Brief | 25 June 2025

School girls march for better policing

Girl Guides want officers to be better trained to handle GBV cases

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Brief | 23 June 2025

Tshwane investigation into illegal suburb raises hopes

Leeuwfontein home owners want their neighbourhood to be made a formal part of the city so that they can get water and sanitation

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Brief | 23 June 2025

Suspension of “whistleblower” traffic officers is unlawful, court rules

Traffic department has no ticket books or breathalysers, officers claimed

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Brief | 21 June 2025

Khayelitsha businesses demand Shoprite use their services

The Khayelitsha Security and Cleaning Association claim they’ve convinced Shoprite to broker a deal with their members’ companies

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Brief | 20 June 2025

Darling Street families in limbo after eviction case postponed

The Department of Public Works will meet with the City of Cape Town to discuss alternative accommodation

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Brief | 19 June 2025

South Africa needs to do more to tackle antimicrobial resistance, warn experts

This is a “pandemic which is wreaking havoc, is not being attended to properly and not being taken seriously enough”

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Brief | 19 June 2025

Youth Day march against gangs in Johannesburg

Westbury residents call on gangs to make peace

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Brief | 17 June 2025

Cape Town mothers in silent march for Gaza

Israel has blocked food from entering Gaza and killed more than 200 people at distribution points

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Brief | 14 June 2025

There are more than 20,000 unfinished RDP houses in the Free State

One couple has been waiting 14 years for their house to be built

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Brief | 13 June 2025