We tested Zamzam water sold in South Africa. Here’s what we found

Bottles we bought in Cape Town do not match the chemical profile of Zamzam water sourced from Saudi Arabia

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Feature | 20 June 2025

Darling Street families in limbo after eviction case postponed

The Department of Public Works will meet with the City of Cape Town to discuss alternative accommodation

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Brief | 19 June 2025

South Africa needs to do more to tackle antimicrobial resistance, warn experts

This is a “pandemic which is wreaking havoc, is not being attended to properly and not being taken seriously enough”

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Brief | 19 June 2025

MPs not impressed with new SASSA verification process

Treasury may withhold funds if SASSA does not meet its conditions

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News | 19 June 2025

Three Durban cops deny rape cover up

The state alleges a rape victim was detained by Brighton Beach officers and intimidated into withdrawing charges

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News | 19 June 2025

Multi-billion Limpopo mega-project has ground to a halt

Makhado Special Economic Zone, announced in 2018, was intended to attract investments of R40-billion

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News | 19 June 2025

Loan company exploited social grant beneficiaries, court rules

JDG Trading sold disability or retrenchment insurance to people who were already disabled or unemployed

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Law | 19 June 2025

Harmony Gold to pay R100k in damages for k-word incident

One employee called another the k-word. Harmony Gold did not properly investigate, says the Labour Court

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Law | 19 June 2025

Proteas arrive home victorious

The South African cricket team won the World Test Championship in London last week

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Photo Essay | 18 June 2025

Court rules that #UniteBehind be added to PRASA corruption case

Commuter activists to present and challenge evidence in the pending review by former PRASA board members

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News | 18 June 2025

These families have no toilets, but sewage from other people’s toilets flows past their homes

Riverside informal settlement is built on a floodplain, says City of Cape Town, so services can’t be provided

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News | 18 June 2025

Out of the black and into the red – Theewaterskloof municipality’s rapid decline

Rot set in straight after the 2021 local government elections

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Feature | 18 June 2025

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

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

Judge warns Thabo Bester and co-accused not to delay proceedings

Nandipha Magudumana’s father has still not appointed a lawyer since January

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News | 17 June 2025

Youth Day march against gangs in Johannesburg

Westbury residents call on gangs to make peace

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Brief | 17 June 2025