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State of police college shocks Parliamentary committee

Allegations of corruption, criminality, and dilapidated facilities greet the Portfolio Committee on Police

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News | 20 September 2024

Limpopo man digs well so his village doesn’t have to share water with animals

Vhembe District Municipality installed a new pump last week, and promised to come repair the broken boreholes in Tshifudi Tshikombele village

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News | 20 September 2024

It’s a dangerous job, but we have to do it, says neighbourhood crime fighter

The City of Cape Town Neighbourhood Watch Support Programme has just expanded its training programme

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News | 20 September 2024

Only 20% of Public Works targets were met in 2022/23

The Auditor-General’s office on Wednesday told MPs that 107 projects were significantly delayed

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News | 19 September 2024

PRASA corruption investigations get pushback from MK Party MPs

The Special Investigating Unit presented its findings to Parliament on Wednesday

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News | 19 September 2024

Eviction looms for 3,000 shackdwellers in Tshwane

Residents of Mahlangu informal settlement face an uncertain future

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News | 19 September 2024

Bonteheuwel learners on the march

Drum majorettes drill their squad for competition

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News | 19 September 2024

Thabo Bester and hundreds of other prisoners kept in unlawful conditions, says inspectorate

Report argues that solitary confinement is a form of torture

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News | 18 September 2024

Court ruling on asylum seekers welcomed

Judge prohibits Home Affairs officials deporting people who intend to apply for asylum

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News | 18 September 2024

Are South Africa’s dams safe? Government does not know

A lack of qualified inspectors and low compliance with safety reports raises concerns in Parliament

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News | 18 September 2024

West Coast fishers say fishing policy is crippling them

Saldanha and Langebaan fishers say they barely make a livelihood from their quotas

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News | 18 September 2024

E-hailing drivers on strike in Cape Town

Drivers want the government to intervene to improve their conditions

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News | 17 September 2024

Death toll rises to seven after police swoop on informal gold miners

Some miners have already gone back to work to earn money and repatriate the bodies of their colleagues

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News | 17 September 2024

Extortionists now targeting social workers

Western Cape social development department had to spend R20-million on overtime to double-up social workers operating in high-risk areas

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News | 16 September 2024

Factory forced to relocate from Free State to Gauteng because of electricity outages

NLG Gloves has been in Harrismith since 1993 and employed 71 people from surrounding communities.

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News | 13 September 2024

SIU takes aim at ballooning dodgy medical litigation that is costing the government billions

One law firm submitted claims of nearly R500-million against the Eastern Cape health department

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News | 13 September 2024