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Beating a thousand drums for Palestine

This yearā€™s Constitution Hill Human Rights Festival focused on the war in Gaza

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Ministerā€™s plan could wipe out African penguins, say scientists

Conservationists mount legal challenge to environment ministerā€™s decision on fishing around breeding islands

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News | 22 March 2024

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Namaqualand communities call for moratorium on all new mining rights

People from Richtersveld, Concordia, Hondeklip Bay and other Northern Cape towns marched in Springbok on Human Rights Day

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News | 22 March 2024

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ā€œCleaning and greeningā€ workers dump rubbish on City Hall doorsteps in Gqeberha

Their stipends were paid a week late by the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environmental Affairs

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Brief | 22 March 2024

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Small-scale fishers threaten to take government to court

Unhappiness over fisheries departmentā€™s boat allocations

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News | 22 March 2024

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Cape Town ā€œpilgrimsā€ walk the length of the Gaza Strip to raise awareness

March comes as US admits Palestinians are facing ā€œacute food insecurityā€

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News | 21 March 2024

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Durban residents protest for water on Human Rights Day

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Water: government is failing to realise this human right

Human Rights Day is a reminder that the Constitutionā€™s Bill of Rights guarantees everyoneā€™s right to access clean water

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Railway line occupiers complain to Parliamentarians about lack of water

SCOPA hears of the substantial obstacles blocking the reopening of Cape Townā€™s Central Line

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News | 21 March 2024

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Action threatened against unregistered school that charges R850 per month

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Brief | 21 March 2024

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Mpumalanga protesters reject governmentā€™s latest energy plan

Marches for cleaner, safer, and more affordable energy took place across the country on Wednesday

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News | 20 March 2024

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Activists call on government to declare TB a national health crisis

Though TB is preventable and treatable, more than 50,000 people died of it in South Africa in 2022

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Brief | 20 March 2024

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NPA to seize property belonging to PRASA fraudster

Former engineering head Daniel Mtimkulu had his salary more than doubled after fraudulently claiming a doctorate and a job offer from a German firm

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News | 20 March 2024

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Hundreds of people stake out plots for houses on empty land in Nelson Mandela Bay

Municipality says it will move against them

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News | 20 March 2024

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We must reject the governmentā€™s dirty energy plans

This yearā€™s Integrated Resources Plan is horrifying

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The lawyers and auditors who cashed in on corruption at PRASA

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