City of Cape Town falling short of directive to clean up Milnerton Lagoon

Green Scorpions finds City is not compliant with all its instructions

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News | 14 December 2021

Khayelitsha couple turns dump site into community garden

They are hoping to expand and grow more items on a bigger plot

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Brief | 14 December 2021

Crayfish quota increased after protests by fishers

But quota to be cut again over the next two years to allow the stock to recover

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Photo Essay | 13 December 2021

An optimal vaccine strategy for middle-income countries

A mixture of Chinese-manufactured vaccines and mRNA booster may be the way to go

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Analysis | 13 December 2021

Courts rule in favour of South African doctors trained abroad

Doctors won’t have to spend a year training before sitting exams

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News | 13 December 2021

Shell seismic survey: new court hearing on Friday

Environmentalists and community groups assemble expert evidence

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News | 13 December 2021

Women carry water buckets for kilometres, while water workers go unpaid

The CCMA this week awarded 143 Eastern Cape water operators R1.5 million for unpaid wages

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News | 10 December 2021

Shack dwellers demolish unoccupied shacks themselves

Khayelitsha task team is also trying to drain off sewage water

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News | 10 December 2021

Deadline looms for families facing eviction from police safehouses

“Where are we going to go? Back to the community where police are treated like dogs?”

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News | 10 December 2021

Government isn’t doing enough to protect and support whistleblowers, report finds

Corruption Watch releases report to mark International Anti-Corruption Day

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News | 10 December 2021

Teachers threaten strike after Limpopo government slashes allowance

Allowance to educators in remote schools to be stopped in January

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News | 10 December 2021

Ventilation is key to controlling Covid

We need a national project to improve the air we breathe in buildings and vehicles

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Opinion | 10 December 2021

Booster vaccines must be offered to older people immediately

The six month gap is too long. It should be reduced to four.

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Opinion | 9 December 2021

Limpopo woman says she was inside her shack when the municipality bulldozed it

“I rushed inside and the whole shack fell on me” says Josephine Msiza

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Brief | 9 December 2021

Secrecy surrounds R80 million in Lottery funding for sports project

Politically connected businessman Solly Siweya pops up again

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News | 9 December 2021

Soweto residents shut down streets over two-week blackout

Diepkloof residents owe Eskom R96m

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News | 8 December 2021