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Gun lobby says proposed amendments to the Firearms Control Bill won’t reduce violent crime
The police ministry has received over 100,000 submissions on the bill. Comment period extended to 2 August
News | 1 July 2021
Eastern Cape parents build their own school
Baleni Senior Secondary School near Xolobeni is raising funds to build classrooms and other facilities
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Daniel Steyn
News | 30 June 2021
Elections 2021: Witzenberg a ‘model municipality’ tarnished by poor waste management and unemployment
Budget choices in Ceres favouring the administrative centre over neighbouring towns littered with potholes and sewage
Text and Photos by Steve Kretzmann
News | 30 June 2021
Waiter loses job a second time because of the pandemic
Restaurant staff left without any income as SA goes back to Level 4
News | 29 June 2021
Circumcision schools say new lockdown does not apply to them
Traditional school leaders say they were not consulted and they will only stop if the president explicitly says they must
News | 28 June 2021
Children’s Institute urges Parliament to increase Child Support Grant by R10
“It is untenable that the poorest and most vulnerable children should have to foot the bill for budget reallocations” says Katharine Hall
By Liezl Human
News | 28 June 2021
Charlotte Maxeke partly reopened but only for cancer outpatients
Oncology unit is the first department to open since the hospital closed down after a fire in April.
News | 28 June 2021
Triangle Project concerned by delayed hate crimes bill
Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill stalled since 2018
News | 28 June 2021
SACP picket in Western Cape calls for inquiry into “the rot within the police”
The party says the public have lost all confidence and trust in the police
News | 25 June 2021