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Belhar residents demand halt to housing project
The community of Pentech say they instead want a school built on the land
News | 5 June 2026
What lies behind the decline in commercial crime prosecutions
New research says delays, withdrawals and poor case management are to blame for the poor performance by specialised commercial crime courts
News | 4 June 2026
North West municipality fails to pay May salaries for general workers
Tswaing Local Municipality says it will make payment by 15 July
By Seth Thorne
News | 4 June 2026
Hawks act on lottery looting cases
Within weeks of missing a parliamentary briefing, the Hawks submitted 13 lottery fraud dockets to prosecutors
News | 4 June 2026
Soweto officials accused of fraudulently selling houses
A receptionist from the Pimville housing office faces fraud and corruption charges after a Hawks probe found officials forged title deeds
By Seth Thorne
News | 3 June 2026
The state says its computer systems are secure. We looked. They’re not
SITA’s internet services have more than 5,000 security flaws
By Joel Cedras and Nathan Geffen
News | 3 June 2026
Oil search won’t harm fishing, court told
Fishers and environmental groups are challenging permission to do seismic surveys off the West Coast
By Liezl Human
News | 2 June 2026
Anti-immigrant violence explodes in Western Cape
Several dead in Mossel Bay, families flee into mountains in Overberg
News | 2 June 2026
Fishers in court to stop West Coast oil search
Environmental impacts of offshore seismic surveying debated in court
By Liezl Human
News | 1 June 2026