In photos: iftar under the washing lines

About 100 people break their fast together in Heideveld flats

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Photo Essay | 2 April 2024

Tourists return to KZN south coast, but water problems persist

After a decade of water cuts, wealthier areas have insulated themselves, but poorer areas remain at the mercy of a failing system.

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News | 2 April 2024

Putin the “Hitler of the 21st Century” says former Ukrainian president

Viktor Yushchenko, who survived poisoning by Russian backed opponents, spoke in Cape Town on the eve of the Easter long weekend

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Brief | 29 March 2024

Legal setback for PRASA whistleblower

Fired head of legal Martha Ngoye’s reinstatement overturned on appeal

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Law | 28 March 2024

Court tells Lottery legal manager to pay punitive costs

“It is impossible to avoid the inference that this application is a tactic to delay, rather than finalise the disciplinary proceedings in good time,” said acting Judge Johan Moorcroft

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Law | 28 March 2024

Police drive into woman, break her pelvis, shoot rubber bullets into crowd and drive off

Nolwazi Tokhwe from Capricorn is being treated in hospital. She also has a fractured spine and injured right arm.

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News | 28 March 2024

New CEO promises brighter future for state’s media development agency

But the MDDA’s last clean audit was in 2020/21 and the board chair, flagged by the Nugent Commission, is still in office

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News | 28 March 2024

Damning report on “state of disrepair” of many police stations

The committee recommended that SAPS finds a way to be less dependent on Public Works

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News | 28 March 2024

Hundreds of security guards sent home without wages after Eastern Cape health department fails to pay contractors

Department promises to make payments from April, the start of the new financial year

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Brief | 27 March 2024

Centre for quadraplegics may have to close if Gauteng funding cuts are implemented

Gauteng Department of Social Development says funding decisions will be finalised before the end of March

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News | 27 March 2024

Eastern Cape town’s R7.6-million taxi rank left unused for years

Municipality blames taxi violence, but Ngqamakhwe’s local taxi association says the facility was never finished

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Brief | 27 March 2024

Nurses and patients have to bring their own water to this Limpopo clinic

Nthabalala clinic near Elim has not had running water since mid-2022, according to residents

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Brief | 27 March 2024

Homeowners protest after City Power tackles illegal connections

700 houses targeted in sting operation

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Brief | 27 March 2024

Rude and threatening magistrate fired

Judge upholds dismissal of Judith van Schalkwyk, who also took money from an attorney to travel to the US

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Law | 26 March 2024

Former PRASA board members should be declared delinquent, says SCOPA chair

Irregular and possibly corrupt security contracts led to the widespread destruction of South Africa’s rail network

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News | 26 March 2024

Concourt says no to dodgy lottery lawyer

The Legal Practice Council must now investigate GroundUp’s complaint against Lesley Ramulifho

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Brief | 26 March 2024