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City of Cape Town starts moving people from city centre streets following court judgment

Those who have not already chosen to leave will be evicted next week

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News | 7 August 2024

Extortion war shuts down schools and businesses in Cape Town

A letter, apparently written by gangsters in Philippi, warns they will kill Somalis if extortion fees are paid to their rivals

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News | 7 August 2024

Ramaphosa set to revive Special Tribunal

President receives list of proposed judges after effective collapse of Special Tribunal

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News | 6 August 2024

The daily battle for water in Tshwane

“I feel very sorry for our old people and I wish the municipality could fix our taps”

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News | 6 August 2024

Cape Town’s beloved Zip Zap Circus is moving

New premises will be the old Dome “on steroids”

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News | 5 August 2024

Marine Protected Areas: Protection from whom?

Subsistence fishers battle for permission to fish while illegal fishing boats plunder our oceans

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News | 2 August 2024

Anger at huge jump in Zimbabwean passport price

Petition gathers over 1,100 signatures

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News | 2 August 2024

Joburg community plays cat-and-mouse with City Power over illegal connections

City Power technicians removed over 18,000 kilogrammes of illegal wiring on Wednesday. But minutes after they left, people were seen making new electricity connections

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News | 1 August 2024

Khayelitsha parents desperate to find special needs schools for their children

Some children are on a waiting list for years

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News | 1 August 2024

Big old fat fecund females: celebrating Marine Protected Areas Day

In spite of illegal fishing, our MPAs do work

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News | 1 August 2024

SIU starts its probe into street lights tender in Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality

Some streets in the metro have been dark for years

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News | 1 August 2024

Joburg fire survivor pleads for help to recover his baby’s body

Marshalltown Fire Justice Campaign calls for City to compensate victims and release remaining bodies at the morgue

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News | 31 July 2024

Suspended Gauteng Department of Social Development officials return to work

With no disciplinary hearing held, ten of the 13 officials have had their suspensions lifted

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News | 31 July 2024

Farming co-op appeals against fine imposed for illegal dam

Ja well, no fine … R625,000 is too much to pay says Piekenierskloof Vrugte

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News | 30 July 2024

Beneficiaries are still battling with SASSA’s new biometric system

Pilot programme rolled out to help recipients of the Social Relief of Distress grant to verify their identity

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News | 30 July 2024

Pressure mounts for Gwamanda to be removed as Joburg Mayor

Hundreds protest in Braamfontein

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News | 29 July 2024