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Analysis | 27 May 2025

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Brainwashed by plastic: from the womb to the brain

Episode three of GroundUpā€™s video series on microplastics

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Video | 27 May 2025

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Hundreds of women and children chased from their homes in deadly xenophobic attacks

ā€œRevenge attacksā€ in Addo kill four and injure ten

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News | 27 May 2025

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KwaZulu-Natal government ordered to pay crĆØches

At least 275 centres have faced issues with late subsidy payments

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News | 27 May 2025

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Artists take over the streets of Hillbrow

ā€˜Hey Hillbrow! Letā€™s Dlala!ā€™ festival livens up Joburgā€™s inner-city

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Photo Essay | 26 May 2025

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Africa Day march calls for an end to tyranny

Activists condemn dictatorships, xenophobia and genocide

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Brief | 26 May 2025

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South Africaā€™s polluted rivers pose food contamination risk

Quality of irrigation water should be a national priority, says scientist

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Feature | 26 May 2025

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Durban hostels crumble but families have nowhere else to go

Thousands of people live in Lamontvilleā€™s apartheid-era hostels

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Photo Essay | 26 May 2025

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City says thereā€™s no money for water and toilets for Mamelodi settlement

Residents say they have no choice but to illegally connect electricity and water

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News | 24 May 2025

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Dunoon residents threaten more protests over demolitions

They want the City of Cape Town to help resolve the housing crisis in the community

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News | 23 May 2025

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HIV activists urge Parliament to respond to PEPFAR cuts

Parliament told that many clinics have closed and people canā€™t access HIV medication

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News | 23 May 2025

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SIM card provider dodges law

uConnect issues free SIM cards without verifying identity or address, as required by RICA

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News | 23 May 2025

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Limpopo residents have to use social grants to buy water

Ward 6 in Springs under the Molemole Municipality has not had running water for over ten years

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Brief | 23 May 2025

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Housing plans for Tafelberg site revealed

Western Cape Government plans combination of social, affordable and high-end housing units

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News | 22 May 2025

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SIU cracks down on lottery corruption, but NPA missing in action

Findings were presented to SCOPA this week

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News | 22 May 2025

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Godongwana says PEPFAR services might be funded later in the year, as health department puts in new bid for emergency funding

This is despite Motsoaledi saying heā€™s never heard of emergency funding

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News | 22 May 2025

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