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Five friends die in Khayelitsha shack fire

Families devastated

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Brief | 18 February 2022

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Charlotte Maxeke closure is placing “severe strain” on Helen Joseph

The Gauteng Department of Health has taken over the reconstruction of the hospital from the provincial Department of Infrastructure Development

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News | 18 February 2022

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UCT students protest against registrations being blocked because of outstanding fees

Special council meeting on Monday is expected to deliberate the university’s policy

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News | 18 February 2022

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No secure access to water in Limpopo villages in spite of Lindiwe Sisulu’s R143m pledge

About R105 million has been spent, R43 million of it on water tankers

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News | 18 February 2022

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Traders are selling goods on the railway tracks in Mamelodi

PRASA vowed to clean up its train stations in Pretoria but very little has been done to improve the service

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News | 18 February 2022

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“When you return to class the smell of the poo remains in your clothes”

Pit latrines are a daily hazard in Eastern Cape schools

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News | 18 February 2022

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Court grants order on dodgy multimillion rand Lottery grant

Big win for SIU after President Ramaphosa authorised the investigation of the National Lotteries Commission in 2020

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News | 17 February 2022

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University of Pretoria workers demand better pay and benefits

The strike entered its ninth day on Thursday with negotiations between union members and management still ongoing

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Brief | 17 February 2022

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High Court cautions attorneys on forced auction sales

Judge calls out shortcuts taken by lawyers to sell defaulters’ homes

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Law | 17 February 2022

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Silence on far-reaching changes in housing delivery during SONA

Government is shifting to a site-and-service model rather than building houses

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Opinion | 17 February 2022

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Half of non-profit organisations are failing to comply with the law

Department of Social Development claims it is deregistering non-compliant organisations

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Brief | 17 February 2022

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Thousands of people have been without running water for four months. No one can say when the problem will be fixed

Tshwane municipality reduced water supply to Madibeng because of huge debt

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Brief | 17 February 2022

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Crèches demand unpaid Covid relief funds

A year after applications for the relief funds opened, many Early Childhood Development centres are yet to be paid

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News | 17 February 2022

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No budget to fix Tshwane’s broken parks

City concedes that public spaces like Burgers Park are in need of “serious intervention”

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News | 17 February 2022

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Public schools shut down in Makhanda due to bungled payroll

School governing bodies say the education department failed to deliver stationery and did not pay teaching assistants

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Brief | 16 February 2022

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Makana municipality faces more court action over filth

Legal Resources Centre says municipality has failed to comply with September court order on waste management

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