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Fresh air and better houses are weapons in the fight against TB

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Court summons Education MEC over special needs school

MEC failed to comply with previous court ruling, says Judge

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This vaccine could save tens of thousands of South African lives each year, but we’ll only see it in 2030

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Anglo’s new hydrogen vehicle: bad engineering, good marketing

An astonishingly expensive process for turning electricity into less electricity

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Slain Durban activist knew she was in danger

Nokuthula Mabaso was killed in front of her children

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Video: Where others see trash, Anna and Harriet see treasure

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Video | 9 May 2022

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Vegetable garden project brings hope to Knysna community

“Children and gardens both need love to flourish”

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Feature | 9 May 2022

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Farm workers demand urgent ban on 67 pesticides

Women on farms say that pesticide exposure is making them sick

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News | 6 May 2022

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Young people have to choose between eating and looking for work, survey finds

The cost of looking for employment is too high, say researchers

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News | 6 May 2022

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Diarrhoea cases in children surge in Cape Town

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Feature | 6 May 2022

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Mom entitled to take ex-husband’s pension money for maintenance, says judge

Johannesburg High Court rules that mother did not have to give notice before taking money for maintenance arrears

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Law | 6 May 2022

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Judge blocks mine expansion

Licence to extend the Somkhele mine set aside

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Law | 5 May 2022

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Eastern Cape paramedics face dismissal

Workers stop work to demand better equipment

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News | 5 May 2022

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“We are overwhelmed,” says nurse at Steve Biko Academic Hospital

Nurses march to demand better working conditions and more staff

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