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Battle between SANCO and municipality in Eastern Cape town

Calm restored after protests disrupt businesses

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News | 29 May 2025

Protests against Germany and Glencore mark Namibian Genocide Remembrance Day

Events in Cape Town and Johannesburg drew attention to the war in Gaza

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News | 29 May 2025

Tired of waiting, Limpopo villagers lay their own water pipes

Ha-Matsa’s villages rely only on boreholes and untreated fountain water

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News | 29 May 2025

Big US-funded chicken project shuts down in Lesotho

Five-year plan was to up meat production by 40%

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News | 28 May 2025

Eastern Cape man dies in police custody

Family claims police tortured Bheki Nkisi. IPID is investigating.

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News | 28 May 2025

Hundreds of women and children chased from their homes in deadly xenophobic attacks

“Revenge attacks” in Addo kill three and injure ten

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News | 27 May 2025

KwaZulu-Natal government ordered to pay crèches

At least 275 centres have faced issues with late subsidy payments

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News | 27 May 2025

City says there’s no money for water and toilets for Mamelodi settlement

Residents say they have no choice but to illegally connect electricity and water

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News | 24 May 2025

Dunoon residents threaten more protests over demolitions

They want the City of Cape Town to help resolve the housing crisis in the community

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News | 23 May 2025

HIV activists urge Parliament to respond to PEPFAR cuts

Parliament told that many clinics have closed and people can’t access HIV medication

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News | 23 May 2025

SIM card provider dodges law

uConnect issues free SIM cards without verifying identity or address, as required by RICA

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News | 23 May 2025

Housing plans for Tafelberg site revealed

Western Cape Government plans combination of social, affordable and high-end housing units

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News | 22 May 2025

SIU cracks down on lottery corruption, but NPA missing in action

Findings were presented to SCOPA this week

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News | 22 May 2025

Godongwana says PEPFAR services might be funded later in the year, as health department puts in new bid for emergency funding

This is despite Motsoaledi saying he’s never heard of emergency funding

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News | 22 May 2025

Calls for safety at Gugulethu clinic

After two recent armed hijackings, staff and patients are demanding CCTV and heightened security

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News | 22 May 2025