Life-saving TB drug is now cheaper in South Africa, but not as cheap as it can be

Johnson & Johnson has agreed to drop the price of bedaquiline to the South African government by more than 40%

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News | 27 October 2023

Disability grant applicants sleep outside this SASSA office

SASSA admitted that there had been “technical challenges with the online system” but that these had since been resolved

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News | 27 October 2023

Helen Suzman Foundation goes to court to “avert human catastrophe”

The organisation wants an execution order that will protect Zimbabwean Exemption Permit holders

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Law | 27 October 2023

Landmark decision for housing in Cape Town

City Council releases land in Salt River for social housing

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News | 26 October 2023

Backyarders demolish shacks in Cape Town

Violence and tensions between land occupiers and backyarders has been brewing for months in Khayelitsha

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News | 26 October 2023

Health department has not fully implemented court order, say lawyers

The department was ordered to put notices up in hospitals and clinics stating that children under six and pregnant and breastfeeding women are eligible for free health care irrespective of nationality

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News | 26 October 2023

Embattled municipality yet to pay thousands of workers’ salaries

Workers staged a sit-in at the Matjhabeng municipal headquarters in Welkom to demand that they be paid immediately

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News | 26 October 2023

Any parent is entitled to four months parental leave, rules High Court

Sections of the Basic Conditions of Employment and the Unemployment Insurance Fund acts declared unconstitutional

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News | 26 October 2023

Richmond land occupiers given refuge in preschool

The eThekwini municipality repeatedly demolishes their shacks located near a river

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Brief | 26 October 2023

Sand mining company appeals against refusal of water licence in Philippi

A campaign to preserve the horticultural area says the silica mine will impact food security and the Cape Flats Aquifer

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News | 26 October 2023

Tears and joy as miners return to the surface after hostage drama

Police open kidnapping case after events at Gold One mine

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News | 25 October 2023

Farmers put on alert as El Niño takes effect

The South African Weather Service warns of possibly hot and dry summer ahead

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Science | 25 October 2023

NPA under pressure to bring Lottery looters to court

R2-billion in grants under investigation, but only one looter in jail

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News | 25 October 2023

Sewage still seeps through Kariega streets and the mayor is nowhere to be seen

Promises made in July have not been kept

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News | 25 October 2023

Tension mounts at Springs mine as police mobilise

AMCU claims that miners are voluntarily protesting underground at Gold One but there are definitely people being held hostage

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News | 24 October 2023

Microplastics are a danger to our health. Here’s how to reduce our exposure to them

Some well-intentioned initiatives make the situation worse

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Science | 24 October 2023