200 RDP homes waiting more than six months for Eskom supply

“Only Eskom can answer,” says Amahlathi Municipality spokesperson about Northern Node Farm in the Eastern Cape

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Brief | 18 November 2024

EThekwini faces backlash over last-minute invites to homeless workshop

The invite was a “sop to inclusivity and disrespectful” to stakeholders and homeless people, says Raymond Perrier of the Denis Hurley Centre

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News | 16 November 2024

MSF slams Novo Nordisk for South Africa’s insulin pen shortage

But the multinational pharmaceutical company says it offered government solutions

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News | 15 November 2024

In photos: Families of miners underground plead for help

About a thousand Zama zamas have already been brought to the surface

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Photo Essay | 15 November 2024

SASSA CEO must resign over social grant failures, say Western Cape MPLs

But ANC members blame the Post Office

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News | 15 November 2024

Long queues as Eskom meter upgrade deadline approaches

After 24 November old meters will no longer load electricity tokens

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Brief | 15 November 2024

Public Works Minister: Telkom Towers police HQ a “monument to inefficient management”

A billion rand later, the department will either repurpose the complex or get rid of it

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Brief | 15 November 2024

Commission confirms probe into Magistrate Blose’s appointment

Blose was once an accused in a high profile corruption matter

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Law | 15 November 2024

Health department to take medical approach to heroin crisis

In response to high rates of heroin use, the government will pilot an opioid agonist therapy program

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News | 15 November 2024

Durban police brutality case heads to trial after years of delays

The trial of 14 SAPS officers for the death-in-custody of Regan Naidoo in 2018 has been set down for June 2025

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News | 14 November 2024

Why wage inequality matters

New legislation empowers shareholders to limit outrageous CEO remuneration

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Opinion | 14 November 2024

Eviction looms for victims of traditional leader’s land scam

“Christmas is coming. I don’t want to be homeless”

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News | 14 November 2024

Learners pay R150 to fill water tanks at overcrowded, dilapidated Limpopo school

There are two boreholes at Kutsakeni Primary, but staff say they dried up in 2021

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Brief | 14 November 2024

Thousands of Khayelitsha families have to use filthy toilets or an open field

Toilets have not been cleaned since early October

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Brief | 13 November 2024

KwaZulu-Natal education department fails to pay crèches

The department confirmed there is a grant backlog but declined to give details

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News | 13 November 2024

Nelson Mandela Bay mayor targets immigrant-owned spaza shops

“These are politically motivated actions against us. There are many more pressing issues facing this city.”

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Brief | 13 November 2024