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Legally in SA but too scared to go home: 150 immigrants still camped outside Durban Home Affairs

People driven from their neighbourhoods by anti-immigrant groups have spent five days moving between a police station, a church centre and Home Affairs

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News | 22 May 2026

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Katlehong residents use digger to tear up main road during protest

Protesters say their pleas for electricity, flushing toilets and housing have fallen on deaf ears

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Brief | 22 May 2026

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Human Rights Commission blasts “uncaring” Gauteng municipalities for water crisis

The commission said mismanagement, infrastructure neglect and systemic corruption to blame

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News | 22 May 2026

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More than 57,000 people were deported from South Africa last year

The Department of Home Affairs is clamping down on illegal immigration

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Charts | 22 May 2026

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The Australian crayfish invading our rivers

Researcher warns of threat to the Okavango Delta

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Feature | 22 May 2026

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Kouga flood victims accuse municipality of abandoning them

The municipality estimates the cost of the storm damage to be about R170-million

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News | 21 May 2026

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Fraudster lawyer practised in court for years after disbarment

The Mthatha High Court has referred Kenneth Ntila for criminal investigation

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Brief | 21 May 2026

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Elim school building was declared unsafe almost five years ago – learners are still in it

“What if the ceiling or pillars collapse?” asks grade 11 learner

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Brief | 21 May 2026

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A new R486-million water system, but the taps are still dry in these Limpopo villages

Vhembe District Municipality insists families will have water soon

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Brief | 21 May 2026

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Schools built by Eastern Cape families in the 1980s have been left to ruin

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