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Shaggy sheep, ice rats and the future of Joburgā€™s water supply

Crucial wetlands in the Lesotho Highlands are in trouble

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News | 28 October 2024

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Next weekā€™s budget: posts for teachers in the spotlight

Some provinces hope for funding for teachers, others are less optimistic

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News | 25 October 2024

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R66-million spent on water schemes but these villagersā€™ taps are still dry

Yet water projects in Ngcobo are signed off as completed and successful

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News | 25 October 2024

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Packaging companies flout rules on waste picker payments

Waste pickers collect, sort and transport most of our recyclable waste, and regulations say they be must paid for their services

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News | 25 October 2024

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Police minister confirms Thabo Bester was detained and then released while he was on the run

Bester showed police a fraudulent ID when he was stopped for speeding

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News | 24 October 2024

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ā€˜Missing linkā€™ added to Table Mountain National Park

Two properties have been added to join the centre and south of the park to form the Kommetjie-Noordhoek wetlands land chain

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News | 24 October 2024

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Press Council expels Independent Media for failing to obey rulings

Independent Media initially withdrew from the Press Council in 2016 and rejoined the Council in January this year.

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News | 23 October 2024

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Stop the killing and intimidation of whistleblowers, demand activists

Hundreds of people gathered at the Union Buildings four years to the day since environmental activist Fikile Ntshangase was murdered

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News | 23 October 2024

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Disability grant applicant collapses in long queue at SASSA office

SASSAā€™s Bellville office manager blames staff shortages

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News | 23 October 2024

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People wait months to be verified for R370 SRD grant

SASSA blames the Home Affairs online system

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News | 22 October 2024

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Seventh postponement in Durban police brutality case

The trial into the death in custody of Regan Naidoo in 2018 has still not begun, this time because of a complaint before the Legal Practice Council

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News | 21 October 2024

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Talks on penguin litigation fail to break deadlock

But environment minister and bird conservation groups both say an out-of-court settlement is yet possible

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News | 21 October 2024

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Informal miners burnt to death during police raid: Families demand justice

Several miners died and scores more sustained severe burns during an Operation Vala Umgodi raid in August

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News | 21 October 2024

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Donkey carts stand idle as tourism dies in Cederberg village

Heuningvlei was devastated by flooding for two consecutive years but the residents are determined to keep their town alive

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News | 21 October 2024

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Government losing 1,800 firearms a year to criminals

Firearm-related murders in South Africa have risen to 34 per day

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News | 18 October 2024

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Criminal charges for previous head of Gauteng Department of Social Development

Matilda Gasela is facing corruption and fraud charges for tender irregularities when she was head of the agriculture department

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News | 17 October 2024