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US and Lesotho strike five-year health funding pact

Abrupt US aid cuts earlier this year caused havoc in the country’s health system

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News | 19 November 2025

How a group of landowners brought the Agulhas Plain back to life

The Nuwejaars Wetlands Special Management Area was established in 2008

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News | 19 November 2025

Bo-Kaap residents call for Airbnb to be regulated

Long-standing residents say they are being pushed out by short-term rentals

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News | 19 November 2025

Unsentenced detainees spending years in prison

New legal amendments seek to address prison overcrowding crisis

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News | 19 November 2025

Millions in Jozi FM lottery grants have gone missing

Board chair of holding company says funds were spent on documentaries, but the station CEO says there is no proper accounting for the money

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News | 17 November 2025

Hundreds of incomplete homes stand empty in KwaZulu-Natal housing project

Provincial government has spent more than R101-million

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News | 17 November 2025

Why magistrates are protesting

Judicial Officers Association of South Africa complains of “economic abuse”

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News | 17 November 2025

When giving evidence in court could cost you your life

Witnesses tell stories of intimidation and threats

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News | 14 November 2025

Pensioners forced to make repeat trips to apply for old age grants

To deal with the high demand in Bellville, SASSA will operate until 6pm

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News | 14 November 2025

“I can run, I feel free”: How government-funded hormones changed Lilita Singata’s life

Gender-affirming healthcare can be life-saving, but access is limited

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News | 13 November 2025

Lesotho community left in ruins by highway project

The road, built by a Chinese company, has improved access to Qacha’s Nek but also caused damage and displacement

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News | 12 November 2025

Promises, promises but still no school

Willowvale families have been waiting for their new school since 2018

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News | 12 November 2025

Lesotho sheds textile jobs amidst US trade uncertainty

Hippo Knitting has laid off 295 workers and plans to retrench another 420 in January

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News | 11 November 2025

Unknown judge in unknown court gags Open Secrets from saying …

This appears to be the most draconian prepublication interdict we have come across

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News | 10 November 2025

Families camp at Lily Mine for six years waiting for bodies of their loved ones

Three miners remain buried 70 metres underground after a collapse at the Barberton mine in 2016

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News | 10 November 2025

Pensioners ask Parliament to increase grant to R5,000

“We are not asking for charity, we are asking for justice and dignity”

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News | 6 November 2025