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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

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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

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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

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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

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How we know a new medicine is so effective at preventing HIV transmission

There was not a single HIV transmission in a clinical trial in which women volunteers used the twice-yearly injectable drug lenacapavir

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Science | 1 August 2024

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Date set for Thabo Bester trial

Court proceedings so far this year have dealt with ironing out pre-trial matters

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Law | 31 July 2024

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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

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We asked Cape Town’s transport boss about the future of passenger rail in the city

“Our objective is simple: to get passenger rail back up and running in the quickest possible way” says Roberto Quintas

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Interview | 31 July 2024

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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

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Nurses stop work after finding human waste at clinic door

Mabandla Clinic in Kariega still has no fence or wall

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Brief | 30 July 2024

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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

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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

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SASSA’s fraud management system is fraught with danger

It is irrational to expect people who can’t afford food to have a smartphone and internet access

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Opinion | 30 July 2024

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New shelter for hundreds of homeless people opens in Green Point

This is one of five Safe Spaces run by the City of Cape Town

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Brief | 29 July 2024

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Mpondoland dagga growers left out to dry

Six years after the Constitutional Court judgment, small-scale dagga growers are sliding deeper into poverty while businesses profit in South Africa’s “cowboy” cannabis industry

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Feature | 29 July 2024

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Boksburg school hosts massive international marimba festival

This year’s International Marimba and Steelpan Festival featured a record 2,300 musicians from across South Africa and neighbouring countries

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Photo Essay | 29 July 2024