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Metrorail shack dwellers moved, but to a place without toilets or water
First families moved off Central Line railway tracks
News | 8 December 2023
Male murder rate is a national health priority, say researchers
Medical Research Council study has looked at why 87% of people murdered in South Africa are men
By Daniel Steyn
News | 8 December 2023
Australian company to start seismic survey off West Coast in January
Environmental report acknowledges that seismic blasts, which are much louder than gunshots, can kill fish particularly those with swim bladders
News | 7 December 2023
The informal brick makers of Dordrecht
“We are only working to put food on the table, nothing else” says Tinashe Mandobe who has made bricks in the small Eastern Cape town since 2004
News | 7 December 2023
South Africa needs to spend an extra R535-billion a year to meet climate goals
Climate investments need to jump from R131-million a year, Presidential Climate Commission says
By Liezl Human
News | 6 December 2023
From local theatre to Netflix film: young Philippi actor hopes to inspire township youth
Bonani Ngamlane auditioned in his tiny shack for Netflix’s latest South African film The Queenstown Kings
News | 6 December 2023
“Xenophobic” Makhubela should not be part of Joburg fire inquiry, say activists
Picket outside Commission of Inquiry into Albert Street fire
News | 5 December 2023
Transgender woman who says she was raped in police custody has waited four years for justice
High Court judge critical of the Minister of Police’s “lackadaisical approach” to dealing with the matter
News | 5 December 2023
Trains to return to Stellenbosch by year end, says Metrorail
Residents struggling to pay for alternative transport look forward to the return of rail services
News | 5 December 2023