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Solar company changed its story just before gagging whistleblowers

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New gecko species discovered in the Northern Cape

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Protesters block major roads in Eastern Cape

Owners of small businesses complain about failures of the Dr AB Xuma Local Municipality

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News | 16 April 2025

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Future of Khoisan settlement in Grabouw hangs in the balance

Knoflokskraal has a restaurant, nursery, livestock farming and vegetable gardens, but little water

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News | 16 April 2025

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Cape Town’s water recycling project should not be privatised

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There are taps and flush toilets in this Durban township - but no water

Ntuzuma families buy water from nearby KwaMashu

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Crèche owners march in Joburg demanding changes to by-laws

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Brief | 15 April 2025

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Police unable to interview Cwecwe

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Should you give handouts at traffic lights? A view from the street

People helping do so out of goodwill and with the best intentions

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Opinion | 15 April 2025

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Police can’t say why they let an alleged rapist off the hook

Officers dropped him at hospital without questioning him

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News | 15 April 2025

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Lesotho gives in, approves Starlink licence

Civic organisation says this is a “sell-out”

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Play commemorates 10th anniversary of Rhodes Must Fall movement

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Photo Essay | 14 April 2025

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Damning report on R57-million Buffalo City swimming pool

Years later the pool remains incomplete and a symbol of municipal failure

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