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Meet the man who fills in potholes in Khayelitsha every afternoon

Eugene Cloete spends five hours a day filling potholes caused by sewage on Swartklip Road

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SIU asked to investigate farm worker equity schemes

Nearly R700 million was disbursed to equity schemes. Most of them have failed.

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SA may reach its emissions targets, but are they too easy?

If every country follows this approach, global warming could reach 3°C above pre-industrial levels

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Debate over new Makhanda wind farm

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Heritage Day: poet celebrates Kaaps dictionary

The first-ever Kaaps Woriboek was released earlier this year

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Brief | 24 September 2026

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Hundreds march through Cape Town against planned N2 wall

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Elections 2026: This failing town is knee-deep in sewage

Tswaing municipality in the North West spends money on court battles and consultants

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Intercape secures court interdict after Ngcobo taxi strike

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Cape Town roads blocked in electricity protest

Philippi informal settlement residents want the City of Cape Town to negotiate with the private landowners to install services

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