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A taste of Somalia on the streets of Joburg

We visited a Somali-owned coffee shop in Mayfair which serves qaxwo and other Somali treats

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News | 24 June 2025

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Court to decide fate of Hope Street homeless camp

Housing rights group argues the City’s Safe Space shelters do not meet constitutional requirements for alternative accommodation

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News | 24 June 2025

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Illegal enlargement of West Coast farm dam condoned

The Western Cape government has issued retroactive environmental authorisation for a dam project undertaken eight years ago

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News | 23 June 2025

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Social housing at Salt River Market moves one step forward

Heritage approval granted, but funding is uncertain and informal settlement families still need to be relocated

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News | 23 June 2025

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Call for Stellenbosch University to take a stand on Gaza

Other universities in South Africa have passed resolutions criticising the war

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News | 21 June 2025

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Alarm raised over plans for state-run lottery

Since its inception, a private company has been responsible for operating the lottery and selling tickets. That is set to change in 2034

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News | 20 June 2025

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Rape cover up trial: police detained victim overnight near her rapist

Rapist’s DNA has been linked to two open cases

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News | 20 June 2025

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MPs not impressed with new SASSA verification process

Treasury may withhold funds if SASSA does not meet its conditions

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News | 19 June 2025

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Three Durban cops deny rape cover up

The state alleges a rape victim was detained by Brighton Beach officers and intimidated into withdrawing charges

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News | 19 June 2025

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Multi-billion Limpopo mega-project has ground to a halt

Makhado Special Economic Zone, announced in 2018, was intended to attract investments of R40-billion

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News | 19 June 2025

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Court rules that #UniteBehind be added to PRASA corruption case

Commuter activists to present and challenge evidence in the pending review by former PRASA board members

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News | 18 June 2025

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These families have no toilets, but sewage from other people’s toilets flows past their homes

Riverside informal settlement is built on a floodplain, says City of Cape Town, so services can’t be provided

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News | 18 June 2025

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Judge warns Thabo Bester and co-accused not to delay proceedings

Nandipha Magudumana’s father has still not appointed a lawyer since January

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News | 17 June 2025

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Clinic renovation stalled because health department hasn’t paid contractor

Patients are being treated at old church buildings because the clinic has been closed since 2022 for renovations

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News | 17 June 2025

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New crèches may have to close because of late payments by education department

Subsidies still not being paid on time in KwaZulu-Natal

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News | 13 June 2025

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Mass lay-offs at Lesotho garment factories as US tariffs bite

After the Trump administration’s threat of 50% import duty on Lesotho, orders have dried up and production lines have shut down

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News | 13 June 2025