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Less talk, more action: South Africa’s failing response to the antibiotic resistance pandemic

Our government’s report card reads: “Must do better”

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Science | 10 February 2022

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Kalk Bay’s fishers battle to keep their heritage alive

Jacobus Poggenpoel’s family has been fishing for generations but tightening quotas are putting a strain on finances

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Video | 10 February 2022

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Taking healthcare to SASSA queues: pensioners screened for hypertension

About 60% of participants are found to have high blood pressure

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News | 10 February 2022

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Angry Mamelodi residents confront councillors after floods

Families say promises have been broken

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News | 9 February 2022

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National Lotteries Commission board is no longer quorate

Only three members are left on the board

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News | 9 February 2022

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Taps have finally been installed in this settlement, but there’s no water in them

Emakhabeleni households still waiting for treatment plant upgrade

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Brief | 9 February 2022

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The “Friendly City” is filthy

Only 11 of Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality’s 36 refuse trucks are operational

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Brief | 9 February 2022

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Entrepreneurs turn water crisis into an opportunity

Brakpan and Tsakane families without water for a week

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News | 9 February 2022

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HIV incidence in South Africa has halved since 2010

This is mainly due to antiretroviral treatment and condom promotion, but male medical circumcision and behaviour change after HIV diagnosis had a role too

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Science | 9 February 2022

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PRASA dropped by lawyers as billion-rand corruption deal appeal looms

Siyangena has appealed against the court judgment setting aside its contracts

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News | 9 February 2022

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Court orders Gauteng Education Department to fix school where learner was electrocuted

Maubrey Mahudu died at Geluksdal Secondary School in 2017 when she touched a metal door frame

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Law | 8 February 2022

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Khayelitsha shacks to be electrified at last

Families were wrongly classified as backyarders, says Eskom

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Brief | 8 February 2022

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Ten years ago this Eastern Cape woman was told to move her shack to make room for her RDP house. Now she’s 74 and still waiting

Nompumelelo Watani is still waiting

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News | 8 February 2022

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Judge dismisses Lottery bid to have corruption probe declared “unlawful”

Court puts pay to Lottery’s squirming to avoid scrutiny

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Law | 8 February 2022

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Trial of former top PRASA official accused of stealing railway line postponed yet again

Mthuthuzeli Swartz‘s lawyer opposes further delays

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Brief | 7 February 2022

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Young brothers die in devastating blaze

The fire gutted 11 shacks in Gugulethu

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