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R198-million school for the blind incomplete and left to ruin
Multiple deadlines have been missed
By Thembi Siaga
News | 26 March 2026
Durban street vendors take municipality to court over permits
More than 80 traders say permits were suspended, terminated or left undecided while they are being forced to relocate to Centrum Park
By Joseph Bracken and Tsoanelo Sefoloko
News | 26 March 2026
SAPS and Hawks snub Parliament on lottery probe
Special Investigating Unit is probing corruption totalling over R2-billion
News | 25 March 2026
“We can go weeks without water, and no one seems to care”
Elderly residents of Lehae in Johannesburg battle to fetch water
News | 25 March 2026
Court blocks building along Cape Town’s Diep River floodplain
The municipality says this is not an eviction, but residents of Dunoon informal settlements are worried
News | 25 March 2026
Major Eastern Cape water projects stalled over battle with small businesses
Two Whittlesea water treatment works were set to benefit nearly 30 villages
News | 20 March 2026
Joburg metro cops destroy shacks in Ennerdale
Build us new homes, demand occupiers of land meant for housing that was never built
News | 19 March 2026
Dozens evicted from informal settlement opposite Cape Town stadium
DA Ward Councillor Nicola Jowell says the eviction follows a long process of engagement with the group
Text by Matthew Hirsch. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 18 March 2026
Use the field, parents tell their children: the pit toilets at this school are dangerous
Elunyaweni Primary in Ugie in the Eastern Cape has five full pit latrines for 160 learners; nearby ET Thabane Primary has broken classrooms
News | 18 March 2026