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Police fire rubber bullets, stun grenades and tear gas at Joburg water protest

“We are just asking for water, which is our human right”

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Brief | 10 September 2025

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Gang violence forces Kariega families to abandon their homes

More than 30 homes torched or vandalised as criminals target community leaders and witnesses in a suspected campaign of intimidation

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News | 10 September 2025

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SAPS HQ fiasco: MPs lose patience with Public Works Minister

Committee members want to see the forensic report on Telkom Towers

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News | 10 September 2025

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The widows who wait: the Compensation Fund’s endless delays

“I was promised payment months ago, but I’m still waiting.”

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SANParks deploys “boots on the ground” to deal with crime on Table Mountain

But MPs are not convinced it is enough

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News | 9 September 2025

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Indigenous nursery gives jobs and skills to people facing homelessness

The project is one of several social enterprises run by U-turn

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Brief | 9 September 2025

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Dial-a-ride is an example of good service

City of Cape Town should nurture it, not cut it

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Analysis | 9 September 2025

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Vandals ruin water supply for Eastern Cape village

Only one 10,000-litre tank to supply hundreds of households

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Brief | 8 September 2025

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PAGAD marches against gang violence on the Cape Flats

The organisation marched under close police supervision in Mitchells Plain on Sunday

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Brief | 8 September 2025

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The Zambian minister, the mysterious businesswoman and illegal mining

“There is a new mining order that is coming. Embrace it, but what is illegal, do not tolerate it,” says minister

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Feature | 8 September 2025

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Zama Educare offers toddlers a space in crowded Dunoon

Thulani Bashe says she wants to teach children and not just babysit them

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News | 8 September 2025

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Lesotho’s giant dam takes shape

Polihali Dam will boost water transfers to Gauteng

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News | 7 September 2025

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Lottery corruption case reaches court after years of delays

No progress from National Prosecuting Authority in at least another 18 cases with a further 21 under investigation by SAPS and the Hawks

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News | 6 September 2025

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City of Cape Town pauses decision to cut Dial-a-Ride services

Settlement reached between the municipality and the Western Cape Network on Disability

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Law | 5 September 2025

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No sex workers will be prosecuted while court process plays out

NPA issues directive to prosecutors not to enroll new cases

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News | 5 September 2025

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Chart of the week: Postbank loses social grant clients

More than 75% of Postbank’s clients have moved to private banks

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