South Africa|Gauteng

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Survivor tells how trapped miners ate human flesh and cockroaches to survive

Patrick Ntsokolo hopes to testify before the Human Rights Commission probe into the Stilfontein tragedy

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Feature | 18 June 2025

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Charity “icon” may have used donor money for beauty treatments, judge says

Court finds Mara Glennie may have misappropriated R2-million

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Law | 18 June 2025

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Youth Day march against gangs in Johannesburg

Westbury residents call on gangs to make peace

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Brief | 17 June 2025

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Three-day protest in Soweto over power outages

On top of scheduled “load reduction” stolen cables left Meadowlands in the dark for days

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Brief | 12 June 2025

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Court battle looms over lottery licence

Losing bidder Lekalinga has launched a court application to probe Minister Parks Tau’s decision to award the fourth lottery licence to Sizekhaya Holdings

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Law | 12 June 2025

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Benoni pensioners take to the streets

Fix our flats, protesters tell municipality

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Brief | 12 June 2025

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Social grants go unpaid as beneficiaries struggle with SASSA’s system

Activists say they get dozens of complaints weekly about the online verification process

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News | 12 June 2025

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Lottery official’s pension frozen by Special Tribunal

Sanele Dlamini had been found guilty of gross misconduct by the NLC

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Law | 12 June 2025

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Court battle looms between City of Johannesburg and traders

SERI has sent a letter of demand to the City over container removals

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News | 9 June 2025

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New book by Edwin Cameron gives practical steps to reform prisons

“The biggest public policy mistake of the last 125 years was the war on drugs”

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News | 8 June 2025

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Pensioner has to live in shack despite ‘owning’ RDP house for 17 years

A 2012 Corruption Watch report stated that the houses “were invaded because they were left empty for a long time”

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News | 6 June 2025

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RDP occupiers protest at Ekhurhuleni mayor’s office for services

“The City should stop calling us illegal occupants and give us services”

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Brief | 5 June 2025

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Children’s homes, rehabs and shelters face closure once again as Gauteng government fails to pay

Department of Social Development says there were “payment system challenges” and some organisations are non-compliant

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News | 4 June 2025

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Setback for casual workers as court rules forum is not a union

But Simunye Workers Forum can still amend its constitution and reapply for registration

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Law | 3 June 2025

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2,000 households in Katlehong without electricity and clean toilets

Residents demand municipality fulfil its promises

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Brief | 2 June 2025

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Closure of US-funded cancer clinic further burdens public hospitals

Hundreds of patients will likely be transferred from the Cervical Cancer Screening and Prevention Clinic at Helen Joseph Hospital in Johannesburg.

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News | 2 June 2025