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

Four children shot dead in three weeks in Samora Machel

All the victims were in school uniform when they were gunned down

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Brief | 12 June 2025

Pit toilets from the 1980s are still in use at this Eastern Cape school

Parents at Bhetshwana Primary, which has 200 learners, say the school has begged the education department for toilets for decades

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Brief | 12 June 2025

Benoni pensioners take to the streets

Fix our flats, protesters tell municipality

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Brief | 12 June 2025

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

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

Fourth man dies after xenophobic attacks in Addo

Still no arrests after mob displaces hundreds of immigrant families

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Brief | 11 June 2025

New border control plan could harm asylum seekers, say critics

The One-Stop Border Post Bill aims to speed up trade and travel, but critics say protection for immigrants is inadequate

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News | 11 June 2025

Rotten rat park gets rescued

Dunoon children get a safe playground at last

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Brief | 11 June 2025

Railway line theft trial delayed by state witness’s illness

Former PRASA regional manager and Cape Town businessman won’t be back in the dock for more than a month

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Brief | 10 June 2025

“Where is our water?” protesters ask mayor

Nquthu in KwaZulu-Natal shut down by protest

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Brief | 10 June 2025

Road Accident Fund is wasting millions on “chaotic” court cases

Lawyers aren’t sent to court, resulting in default judgments

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Law | 10 June 2025

South African law is failing gig workers

These workers don’t get paid leave and they can be dismissed arbitrarily

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Opinion | 10 June 2025

No money to upgrade Cape Town’s rundown hostels

We visited hostels in Gugulethu which were overcrowded and falling apart

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News | 10 June 2025

Cardiologist “gags” Carte Blanche

Despite having had multiple chances to respond, Dr Ntando Duze still managed to secure an interdict to halt the airing of a programme on allegations of malpractice

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Law | 9 June 2025

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