No water for two years as R200-million project remains incomplete

At Vyeboom Clinic near Vuwani in Limpopo, staff and patients have to bring water and use pit toilets

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News | 30 October 2025

No soccer at new R37-million Limpopo stadium

The pitch is unusable because the grass has not grown adequately due to water shortages

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Brief | 30 October 2025

Dunoon artist brightens children’s lives

Sibusiso Dube has livened up the local library, mentored teens and earned acclaim for his graphite portraits

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News | 30 October 2025

City of Cape Town contractors mess up

Rubbish piles up as City dumps cleaning companies which don’t meet obligations

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Brief | 29 October 2025

NPA to proceed in rape cover-up case against Brighton Beach police officers

But the case has been adjourned to April 2026

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Brief | 29 October 2025

Tshwane Municipality fails to improve living conditions at Mamelodi Hostel

Three years ago the City promised to restore electricity and erect a fence. Nothing has been done and the place is deteriorating

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Brief | 29 October 2025

Public Protector to probe promotion of CCMA official who tampered with case management system

An investigation had previously found Nonzame Jaxa guilty of altering records to boost the office’s statistics

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News | 29 October 2025

Eastern Cape villagers take charge of their own water supply

Frustrated by the unreliable municipal water supply, six communities near Cofimvaba have raised over R110,000 for their own supply infrastructure

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Brief | 29 October 2025

Water workers on strike in Free State

Maluti-a-Phofung Municipality plans to close down water company

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Brief | 28 October 2025

Police block protest by textile workers in Lesotho

Unions accuse police of acting unlawfully by denying permission for a protest march against job losses

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News | 28 October 2025

In photos: Optimists on the water

The Little Optimist Trust Sailing Therapy program gives over 1,600 children in Cape Town their chance to be on the water

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Photo Essay | 28 October 2025

Durban community hall left to ruin by municipality

Jabulani Hall has broken windows and collapsing ceilings and its dilapidated offices are occupied by people who say they were displaced by floods in 2022

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News | 28 October 2025

How Johannesburg residents are protecting their power lines

“Secure infrastructure should be covered by our rates. We’d much rather spend the extra money on beautifying our local park.”

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Feature | 28 October 2025

Eldorado Park occupiers picket police station after shack demolitions

They accuse the police of brutality during an eviction operation last week

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Brief | 27 October 2025

Seven-year-old drowns in dam in Cape Town informal settlement

Residents of Marikana informal settlement in Philippi East say dams in the area are unsafe

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Brief | 27 October 2025