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Children’s parks turned into rubbish dumps

Intimidation has prevented repairs to parks in Delft, Cape Town

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News | 24 October 2023

Government flats falling apart, say Wentworth residents

EThekwini municipality to assess buildings’ conditions next week

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News | 24 October 2023

Almost a third of Limpopo residents have no access to piped water

Human Rights Commission report slams failure of water supply in Limpopo

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News | 23 October 2023

Cable theft and shootings force Cape Town libraries to close

But the people who work at the libraries in Hanover Park and Bellville are determined to continue creating safe spaces for their communities

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News | 23 October 2023

Thousands march in Cape Town, call for ceasefire in Gaza

Protesters demand that South Africans who join Israeli Defence Force be prosecuted

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News | 22 October 2023

It’s tough to be old and without water in Joburg

“I’ve fallen down carrying a bucket of water with no one here to help me”

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News | 19 October 2023

Cape Town law enforcement officer found not guilty of murder of homeless man

Court finds Luvolwethu Kati acted in self-defence

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News | 18 October 2023

How the former Lottery board chair paid for his R6.3-million Rolls Royce

Court freezes Alfred Nevhutanda’s luxury car and property

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News | 18 October 2023

Limpopo hawkers evicted to make way for road repairs

These Elim vendors pay licence fees but they have not been helped to find an alternative trading site

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News | 18 October 2023

Millions spent but 7 years later still no water for Eastern Cape villagers

Water project for Libode started in 2016

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News | 18 October 2023

Gift of the Givers is on the ground in Gaza

Imtiaz Sooliman calls for negotiations and compromise. “The only way to solve the problem is to do what is just.”

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News | 17 October 2023

Lawyers fed-up with shambles in Master’s Offices

“We’ve been waiting for files for years”

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News | 17 October 2023

Cape Flats fishermen still catching carp despite City health warning

The municipality has suspended fishing at Zeekoevlei due to high heavy metal levels, but people are still fishing in the Lotus River canal

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News | 17 October 2023

This is how I try to survive crime in Philippi

Living in Samora Machel, Cape Town, you hear gunshots any time of the day

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News | 17 October 2023

Protesters from 68 Eastern Cape villages converge in Bhisho to demand clean water

Representatives march to the provincial office of COGTA under the banner of the Inyanda National Land Movement

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News | 16 October 2023

African states urged to lobby International Criminal Court on Gaza

Southern African Litigation Centre says reports of war crimes must be probed

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News | 16 October 2023