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Lottery’s Phillemon Letwaba resigns under a cloud
Implicated in numerous allegations of lottery corruption, he was due to face a disciplinary hearing
News | 25 August 2022
ITHUBA campaign raises troubling questions for Twitter
How did a disguised advertising campaign trend to number one in South Africa? And how often does this happen?
By James Stent and Nathan Geffen
News | 25 August 2022
Wednesday of discontent: workers picket around the country
Demands range from cheaper taxi fares to a Basic Income Grant
By Vincent Lali and Kimberly Mutandiro
News | 24 August 2022
135 days without water: KZN community at breaking point
Municipal water has not been restored to Tongaat’s 40,000 residents since the April floods
By Benita Enoch
News | 24 August 2022
Nurses at Free State clinic can’t treat patients when it rains
The small, dilapidated clinic serves residents of Intabazwe, near Harrismith - but it is overwhelmed and under-stocked
News | 24 August 2022
Babita Deokaran’s family demands justice for slain public servant
Memorial service held for whistleblower, murdered for exposing corruption in the health system
News | 24 August 2022
Teenager electrocuted in Gqeberha river
This was the second electrocution in the Chatty River in August
News | 23 August 2022
Diepsloot community desperate for electricity to reduce crime
About 600 shacks in Extension 1 have been without electricity for years
By Chris Gilili
News | 22 August 2022
Decades into democracy Pietermaritzburg can’t blame ageing infrastructure for water woes, says SAHRC
Hearings into the province’s water crisis concluded on Friday
By Benita Enoch
News | 22 August 2022