“I gave up when they told me that I wouldn’t be able to write matric without an ID book”

People who find themselves stateless in South Africa struggle to rectify their situation

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News | 15 March 2021

Home Affairs bureaucracy: Woman can’t get an ID or register her child’s birth

Tashreeqa Isaacs’s life is mired in red tape because of an error that happened 18 years ago

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Brief | 15 March 2021

Northlink students threaten to shutdown campuses

The college has promised to meet with student leaders on Wednesday to discuss their grievances

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Brief | 12 March 2021

Parents shut down school, take circuit manager hostage

“We buy chalk ourselves” says teacher

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Brief | 12 March 2021

MPs row over Lottery board selection

Three people shortlisted for Minister Ebrahim Patel to choose from

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News | 12 March 2021

UCT students start occupation to protest financial exclusion

The university says there are over 1,600 students with debt, amounting to R88 million

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News | 12 March 2021

Plea for Mozambican government to locate Cape Town man

Patrick Lunguza was transporting a body to Malawi when he was arrested last month. His family has not been able to contact him for two weeks

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News | 12 March 2021

Mud school has one broken toilet for 175 learners and staff

Four grades share one classroom at Centane primary school

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News | 12 March 2021

Leading research institute says there should be no new trials of hydroxychloroquine for Covid

The drug has failed to prevent or treat the disease, and it has lots of side-effects

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Science | 12 March 2021

NPA says there is insufficient evidence to prosecute students arrested during protests

Government announces plan to allocate funds to NSFAS to assist students

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News | 11 March 2021

Three PRASA executives were sacked for poor performance. Now the rail agency is bringing them back

But PRASA is appealing the Labour Court’s order to reinstate three executives

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News | 11 March 2021

Where will the children play? Masiphumelele youths disrupt housing project

They say the field on which the temporary houses are being built is the only one they can use

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News | 11 March 2021

Eastern Cape’s health workers have been betrayed by Covid-19 corruption

Part two of a two-part series on how corruption is killing people in the province’s health system

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Feature | 11 March 2021

Limpopo learners sit at home because of a shortage of teachers

School battling to accommodate children

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Brief | 11 March 2021

More than 500 learners not placed in schools in Buffalo City

Department has cut the school transport budget

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Brief | 11 March 2021

Over 5,000 Eastern Cape health workers will be without jobs at the end of this month

The provincial health department says it has run out of funds and cannot renew the contracts

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News | 11 March 2021