Wits students stage ā€˜sleepover’ protests

The university says its made 530 emergency beds available and has reopened applications to on-campus residences

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News | 6 March 2024

Mbombela warned to fix water crisis as taps in several villages run dry

ā€œThe last time we saw a drop of water coming out of the tap was about 15 years ago,ā€ says villager

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News | 6 March 2024

Home Affairs minister takes Zimbabwean permit battle to the Constitutional Court

The High Court ruled against the minister and he failed in his appeal to the Supreme Court of Appeal

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Law | 6 March 2024

New Limpopo clinic has no running water

Municipality says Department of Health never applied for a connection

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Brief | 6 March 2024

Joburg residents march over water outages and unreliable electricity

The protesters say they are also fed up with illegal rubbish dumping and potholes in their streets

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Brief | 5 March 2024

Public Works to investigate mismanagement of police headquarters

ā€œIt’s unfortunate such a beautiful asset has been left in that kind of stateā€ says head of property management

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News | 5 March 2024

Firefighters battled to extinguish fatal factory fire because Verulam has no water

Three bodies have been recovered, one person is missing

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Brief | 5 March 2024

At least 22 people arrested during student protests in Bloemfontein

Central University of Technology students blame NSFAS for delays in funding

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Brief | 5 March 2024

Anti-vaxxers thrashed in court

Application to stop Covid vaccine slammed as ā€œmanifestly unfairā€, fatally defective and dismissed with costs by Pretoria High Court

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Law | 5 March 2024

Three people in hospital with serious burns after Dunoon shack fires

At least 200 people were left homeless after two fires at the weekend

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Brief | 5 March 2024

Mayor sends machinery to fix gravel road hours after Eastern Cape villagers block N2

Tyhalarha village residents say a previous peaceful protest brought no results

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Brief | 4 March 2024

SAPS and Public Works called to Parliament over Telkom Towers debacle

Trade union Solidarity says it’s been complaining about the deplorable state of the police building for years, but to no avail

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News | 4 March 2024

Yoliswa Dwane, education activist who condemned John Hlophe, is remembered at UCT event

She ā€œdedicated her life to advancing social justiceā€ but died ā€œtoo young, too earlyā€

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News | 4 March 2024

Cape Town Pride celebrates equality in South Africa, condemns Ghana’s new anti-gay law

ā€œI am a proudly gay man,ā€ city councillor Rob Quintas tells crowd

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Brief | 4 March 2024

After 25 years, 81-year-old Mthatha widow finally gets an RDP house

ā€œI don’t have much but I’m happy for a decent house,ā€ says Ndenzeni Njwenene

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Brief | 4 March 2024

Auditor General gives damning report on police headquarters

This was just hours after workers at the Telkom Towers office were evacuated after it was declared unfit for human use

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News | 1 March 2024