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PRASA and City rail agreement finally gets going

But Zackie Achmat criticises plan for lacking firm targets, commitments, and timelines

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News | 26 February 2025

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Operation Dudula’s victims demand justice

Litigation against the vigilante group started a year ago

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News | 26 February 2025

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Refugees wait decades for Home Affairs to recognise their families

Despite a 2019 court ruling on “family joining”, spouses and children of asylum seekers are struggling to get documented

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News | 25 February 2025

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Ukrainians protest outside Russian Embassy

“Arbitrary detentions of civilians, torture and rape are widespread” says protestor

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News | 24 February 2025

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Parties hold their breath in battle over R300-million Stellenbosch mountain estate

Judgment has been reserved in an urgent application to halt a luxury development on Botmaskop slopes

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News | 24 February 2025

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Decision on new Lottery operator postponed by a year. But Ithuba’s licence expires in May

No clarity on what happens to lotto ticket sales and NLC grants after expiry

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News | 24 February 2025

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VBS Bank depositors with more than R100,000 receive only a quarter back

Liquidator recovers R617-million, but many investors face bitter payouts

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News | 24 February 2025

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US funding remains frozen for many life-saving services

Despite waivers, court judgments and assurances from the embassy, USAID funding for projects that provide HIV medication has not resumed

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News | 21 February 2025

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Kariega families say municipality is moving them to a dump site

More than 100 families living under power lines at Moeggesukkel informal settlement are being moved to a site littered with rubbish

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News | 21 February 2025

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Chaos outside Cape Town schools as parents demand places for their children

Parents say their children are subjected to poor learning conditions at Solomon Mahlangu Primary School

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News | 20 February 2025

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Parliament urged to pass law on detention of immigrants

Bill hailed as “progressive” by COSATU, but other organisations say it doesn’t go far enough

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News | 20 February 2025

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Gugulethu housing project delayed by extortion rackets

Over 570 houses “on hold” in Cape Town

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News | 20 February 2025

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Budget postponement is a “blessing in disguise” says COSATU

Hundreds marched in Cape Town ahead of budget announcement

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News | 19 February 2025

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Can the SRD grant court order be implemented? Activists say yes

The Department of Social Development is to appeal the recent ruling. But #PayTheGrants and the Institute for Economic Justice say it should and can be implemented

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News | 19 February 2025

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Chaotic switch to Black Card: What Postbank says it’s doing to fix the problems

More than 2-million people still need to switch

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News | 18 February 2025

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SIU applies to extend lottery corruption probe

Department of Justice says a decision is “expected” by month-end

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News | 18 February 2025