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PRASA taken to court over “illegal” eviction in Cape Town city centre

Man stabbed during shack demolitions

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News | 28 August 2024

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Judge guilty of misconduct, but gets away with slap on the wrist

Judge Nomonde Mngqibisa-Thusi was late with dozens of judgments

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Law | 28 August 2024

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Wild Coast: Constitutional Court says no to Shell appeal bid

But way is open for Shell to apply for another renewal of seismic survey permit

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Law | 28 August 2024

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Eastern Cape school kept results from matriculant because she owed the school money

Education department apologises to learner and arranges for the family to get the results

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News | 28 August 2024

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Gugulethu sports tournament keeps learners off the street and on the field

Learners from township schools participate in the sports league on Fridays

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Brief | 28 August 2024

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Cape Town’s hidden informal settlement

Flamingo Heights is home to 400 people

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News | 28 August 2024

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Gayton McKenzie silent on basketball fiasco

The sports minister promised to report back last Friday after chaos of U18 African Championship tournament came to light

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News | 28 August 2024

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Thousands of teaching posts to be cut in the Western Cape

Schools are expected to receive their 2025 staff allocations on Friday

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News | 27 August 2024

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Farm workers march in rain and wind to call for ban on pesticides

They want an end to exports of harmful pesticides from Germany

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Brief | 27 August 2024

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Alarming Auditor-General report on municipalities

Only 34 out of 257 municipalities receive clean audits for 2022/23

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News | 27 August 2024

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Hijacked building fire survivors say their new living conditions are unbearable

Four people died and more than 200 people were displaced when a fire broke out at yet another hijacked building in Jeppestown

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News | 27 August 2024

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Key law on prisons watchdog stuck in the pipeline

Judicial Inspectorate of prisons is still accountable to the very department over which it is meant to have oversight, says lawyer

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News | 27 August 2024

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Water woes leave Joburg residents at wits’ end

Water pressure in Bertrams is too low to fill geysers

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News | 27 August 2024

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New school for blind learners is nearly ready at last

Construction of new Rivoni School for the Blind started in 2021

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News | 27 August 2024

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Marshalltown fire survivors to launch class action against City of Johannesburg

A year after the tragedy, survivors and families of those who died in the Usindiso building want compensation

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News | 26 August 2024

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Top Free State municipal officials arrested for fraud

The former municipal manager and department director in the Dihlabeng Local Municipality appeared in court on Friday

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