South Africa

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Understanding the court ruling on apartheid-era crimes

Landmark ruling in Johannesburg High Court paves the way for prosecutions

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Law | 22 April 2025

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Begging to feed their children

Women who beg at traffic lights with their children say they have no other options

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News | 22 April 2025

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Constitutional challenge to ARTsolar’s gag order

Whistleblowers argue their right to freedom of expression has been violated. AmaBhungane has applied to join the case.

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Brief | 22 April 2025

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Court halts further work on luxury Stellenbosch mountain estate

Botsmaskop development stopped, pending a full court review

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News | 17 April 2025

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Inside the government’s confused response to the US funding crisis

The government could have used emergency allocations to finance defunded services but has failed to do so

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Feature | 17 April 2025

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Companies should think twice before gagging journalists

Why the ARTsolar case is important

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GroundView | 17 April 2025

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Six distinctions but no ID: Top matriculant’s hope of becoming a doctor crushed

“My mother was a citizen, yet I cannot get an ID” says Emmanuel Ndlovu

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News | 17 April 2025

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Solar company changed its story just before gagging whistleblowers

Whistleblower alleges he was tricked into believing he was buying locally made material

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News | 17 April 2025

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Protesters block major roads in Eastern Cape

Owners of small businesses complain about failures of the Dr AB Xuma Local Municipality

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News | 16 April 2025

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Future of Khoisan settlement in Grabouw hangs in the balance

Knoflokskraal has a restaurant, nursery, livestock farming and vegetable gardens, but little water

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News | 16 April 2025

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Cape Town’s water recycling project should not be privatised

Comment on the proposed Faure New Water Scheme closes on 17 April

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Analysis | 16 April 2025

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There are taps and flush toilets in this Durban township - but no water

Ntuzuma families buy water from nearby KwaMashu

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News | 16 April 2025

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Crèche owners march in Joburg demanding changes to by-laws

“The by-laws are too strict”

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Brief | 15 April 2025

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Police unable to interview Cwecwe

SAPS tells Parliament they have been unable to access 7-year-old rape victim

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News | 15 April 2025

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Should you give handouts at traffic lights? A view from the street

People helping do so out of goodwill and with the best intentions

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Opinion | 15 April 2025

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Police can’t say why they let an alleged rapist off the hook

Officers dropped him at hospital without questioning him

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News | 15 April 2025