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Unemployment the main cause of homelessness in Tshwane, report finds

Survey counted 4,177 homeless people in the city

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News | 28 March 2023

Joburg teens bring Constitution Hill to life with hip-hop

“In Hillbrow where we live, it’s easier for a child to join a life of crime… I was really excited to see them perform” says parent

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News | 28 March 2023

Concern in Parliament over slow pace of prosecutions for Lottery corruption

“We hear a lot of investigation this, investigation that, but we don’t see anyone going to jail” says MP

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News | 28 March 2023

Langa land claimants accuse government of divide and rule

But deputy minister says delays in handing over the land are the result of disagreements between claimants

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News | 27 March 2023

SACCAWU members march to Parliament

Union wants government to intervene in dispute with Makro

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News | 24 March 2023

Tensions brew between coloured and black communities in Nigel over housing occupation

“Our government has succeeded in dividing us as a people because we are now fighting against each other because of the mess it created”

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News | 24 March 2023

Workers demand harsher penalties for farms violating labour laws

New study finds poor working conditions even on some Fairtrade-certified farms

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News | 23 March 2023

Thabo Bester saga: Nandipha Magudumana abandons her rented mansion

Landlord tried to stop associates of Magudumana from removing some of the household contents

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News | 23 March 2023

Key legal files involving Lottery’s multimillion-rand litigation have vanished

Minister suspects collaboration between former National Lotteries Commission and lawyers

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News | 23 March 2023

Facebook rapist: Deputy Minister was informed by warder that Thabo Bester escaped

Nothing appears to have been done about it

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News | 22 March 2023

No water, electricity or toilets for 280 families in Khayelitsha informal settlement

Residents say they have lived without basic services for three years

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News | 20 March 2023

Old apartheid police station is a place of hope in Sharpeville

Kitso Information Development Centre offers training courses and hot meals

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News | 20 March 2023

Covid grant should be increased to at least R413, say civil society groups

A new means test and bank verification process has resulted in far fewer people getting the grant

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News | 20 March 2023

Thabo Bester saga: Prison department denies it has autopsy report. Here it is!

The autopsy was completed a day after the fire and found that the man was dead before his body was burnt

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News | 18 March 2023

More evidence links Thabo Bester and Dr Nandipha Magudumana

“If these reports are found to be true, this would prove to be the most sensational escape in the history of our nation” says ministerial spokesperson

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News | 17 March 2023