PRASA rail theft case: defence seeks to discredit state witness

Case about track that was stolen in 2012 set to continue in June, more than 12 years later

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News | 14 March 2025

How a Durban company came to illegally remove a railway line in the Eastern Cape

General manager says they were duped by then Western Cape regional manager Mthuthuzeli Swartz and businessman Nadir Mohiudeen

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News | 13 March 2025

Kariega protesters demand to see mayor, boo ward councillor

Informal settlement residents blocked the R344 on Wednesday, demanding better services

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Brief | 12 March 2025

Former PRASA boss pleads not guilty to stealing railway line

Mthuthuzeli Swartz and his co-accused plead after six years of court delays

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News | 12 March 2025

Eastern Cape protesters bring traffic to a standstill

Protesters want a new bridge and better roads

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Brief | 11 March 2025

Home Affairs urges villagers to travel to collect IDs – and then turns them away

“What frustrates me most is that these people came to us, begging us to apply for these IDs that we don’t even need”

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News | 10 March 2025

No street light tender in Kariega

Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality officials commit to new tender at community meeting

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News | 7 March 2025

Immigrant spaza shop owners battle to meet registration deadline

Problems with documents from Home Affairs affect shop owners’ ability to comply with President Ramaphosa’s announcement about food outlets

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News | 7 March 2025

No-fee school sends learners home for not paying donations

Alfonso Arries Primary School in Gqeberha said parents took a decision to donate R100 per child to fix the crumbling school

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Brief | 28 February 2025

Mass protest against failing Makana municipality

Archbishop calls for immediate removal of mayor, speaker and chief financial officer

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Brief | 27 February 2025

Former tavern has served as a clinic for decades

Eastern Cape health department has no funds to build Tsomo a clinic

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Brief | 24 February 2025

Kariega families say municipality is moving them to a dump site

More than 100 families living under power lines at Moeggesukkel informal settlement are being moved to a site littered with rubbish

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News | 21 February 2025

Teenager hitchhiking to the nearest clinic delivers her stillborn baby on the roadside

Villagers in the Eastern Cape town where Winnie Madikizela-Mandela was born often wait six hours for an ambulance

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News | 18 February 2025

Netball tournament brings locals and immigrants together in Gqeberha

“Our vision is to use sport … to unite people of all colours and origins”

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Brief | 17 February 2025

Imam Muhsin Hendricks, who fought for queer rights, assassinated

He reportedly said that the need to be authentic was greater than his fear of death

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News | 17 February 2025

Protesters angry that Gqeberha company is using workers from Durban

Ibhayi Workers Forum demonstrated outside Dormac in Markman industrial area

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Brief | 13 February 2025