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Court error causes years of delay in prisoner’s appeal

Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services received 2,244 complaints from prisoners appealing their sentences. KZN accounted for nearly half of these.

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News | 16 October 2023

Court showdown over Cape Flats evictions

“We are not here because we want to be here. We are here because we need homes.”

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News | 16 October 2023

March in Cape Town in support of Gaza as Israel orders evacuation

Official death toll rises to 3,000 - over 1,200 Israelis and about 1,800 Palestinians - as violence escalates

Text by Matthew Hirsch and Nathan Geffen. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.

News | 13 October 2023

eThekwini land occupiers claim officials attacked them without warning

The municipality claims it faced violent resistance when it was carrying out shack demolitions

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News | 13 October 2023

Every Saturday this small shack turns into a vibrant children’s book club

Philippi resident Sindeka Mandoyi started the Chosi-chosi book club in 2019 to share her passion for reading

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News | 13 October 2023

Almost 4,000 households still to be moved off Cape Town railway land

While plans for temporary relocation of 891 households occupying the Central Line are making progress, thousands of households remain on the railway

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News | 12 October 2023

Protest after Joburg suburb without tap water for over 50 days

Frustrated South Hills residents blocked main roads and burnt tyres

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News | 12 October 2023

MPs grill Social Development over grant payments

“If the same findings are coming through, how effective are these enforcement powers of the Auditor-General?”

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News | 12 October 2023

No rubbish collection for third month in Mamelodi

Vendors desperate as garbage piles up

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News | 12 October 2023

Protests in Cape Town in solidarity with Palestinians

Dean of St Georges Cathedral calls for peace vigil

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News | 11 October 2023

MPs blast Post Office and Postbank leadership

“I don’t see a clear way forward. What I see is yet another failed entity” says MP

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News | 11 October 2023

Government wants oil and gas exploration to be speeded up

Africa Oil Week panellists discuss opposition to oil and gas at Africa Oil Week

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News | 11 October 2023

Decision expected by end of year on people living on the streets of central Cape Town

Court judgment in eviction hearing reserved

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News | 11 October 2023

Book extract: How Thabo Bester murdered Nomfundo Tyhulu

The Thabo Bester Story is on sale today

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News | 11 October 2023

Homeless people moved to Tshwane hall during Covid lockdown refuse to leave

City says Centurion hall “is becoming a health and safety hazard”

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News | 10 October 2023

Child Support Grant must be increased to reduce child poverty, review finds

Government could face court action for failing in its constitutional duty

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News | 9 October 2023