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“Pot” Stemmet faces charges over theft of Lottery-funded equipment
Machinery removed from “minstrel museum”
News | 12 December 2024
Gauteng government’s buried corruption investigation (part one)
Forensic Audit into R500-million corruption in Department of Social Development was hidden. Non-profit organisations paid the price.
By Daniel Steyn and Raymond Joseph
News | 11 December 2024
Legal delays threaten survival of African Penguins, say conservation groups
Activists say that the litigation to protect the birds’ feeding grounds has been dragged out for months by the state, despite the urgency of the situation
By John Yeld
News | 11 December 2024
Angry residents confront Johannesburg Water officials
People from Westbury, Westdene, Claremont, and Hursthill want a permanent solution to their water woes
News | 10 December 2024
Reading is Kwaai: high school teacher starts mobile library for learners
Nigel Mortley takes books to Cape Town schools that do not have libraries
News | 10 December 2024
Upington farmers are desperate for water
They are receiving little help from the municipality
Text by Liezl Human. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 10 December 2024
Twelve years and counting: Rail theft case to continue after court victory for state
Case involving top PRASA official and theft of 42km of railway line has stalled for at least 21 months
News | 9 December 2024
Fentanyl is here: South Africans test positive for potent opioid
Preliminary research shows people are using fentanyl, a lab-made opioid over 30 times as potent as heroin, responsible for thousands of deaths in the US
News | 9 December 2024
Here’s how an SRD beneficiary spent their R370 grant
We joined Willem Witbooi from George while shopping on Black Friday
News | 6 December 2024