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Tribunal blocks former Lottery boss from selling farm bought with grant money

Order names about 20 people and companies linked to National Lotteries Commission dodgy deals

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News | 6 April 2024

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Palestinian supporters march to Parliament

The protest marked Al-Quds Day, an international day to oppose the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory

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Brief | 5 April 2024

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Protesters accuse coal mining company of damaging their homes

Ogies and Phola coal mining communities also demand that Seriti publish a labour plan

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Brief | 5 April 2024

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How the Lottery paid R1.7-million for a flash mob that never happened

MSG, owner of Power FM, channelled the money for the National Lotteries Commission

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News | 5 April 2024

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Disabled learners turned away from school

Renovations at Mthatha school, closed last year after parents complained of poor conditions, have still not been completed

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News | 5 April 2024

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Funding crisis shuts down children’s centres in Gauteng

Social development department’s funding adjudications have been finalised, but for many organisations it is too late

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News | 4 April 2024

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Criminal complaint lodged against Benjamin Rattle, a South African serving in the Israeli military

Rattle’s social media posts appear to show him standing in front of destroyed buildings and rubble in Gaza

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News | 4 April 2024

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Pit toilet eradication deadline missed by Limpopo education department

But department says it’s 80% of the way there

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Brief | 4 April 2024

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Toddlers electrocuted by illegal electrical wires

Thembelihle Ndlela and Kwenzakonke Gazu, both aged 3, were playing near their homes in Zwelisha, north of Durban, on Wednesday

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Brief | 4 April 2024

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Elections 2024: What the major political parties say about public transport

We sent questions to the ANC, DA, EFF, IFP, FF Plus, ActionSA, PA, MK Party and RISE Mzansi

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News | 4 April 2024

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No showers, no food, no electricity: the forgotten men of Molyneaux municipal shelter in Durban

More than 200 people still live in tented shelter set up during Covid lockdown

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News | 4 April 2024

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Zimbabweans complain of Home Affairs incompetence

Numerous waiver letters contain incorrect information

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News | 4 April 2024

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Get the trains running immediately, say protesters

Cape Town commuters march from Heideveld train station to the station in Nyanga

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Brief | 3 April 2024

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Elections 2024: What the major political parties say about immigration

We sent questions to the ANC, DA, EFF, IFP, FF Plus, ActionSA, PA, MK Party and RISE Mzansi

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News | 3 April 2024

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People struggle to get IDs at Khayelitsha Home Affairs as elections loom

One person said they slept outside the Khayelitsha office on Monday night. Despite being among the first in line, they were only helped at 3pm on Tuesday.

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News | 3 April 2024

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Police and soldiers deployed to tiny West Coast fishing village

Controversial boat quotas to be reconsidered after meeting with Hondeklip Bay fishers, says fisheries department

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News | 3 April 2024