Child Support Grant cannot feed a child

Cost of meeting a child’s nutritional needs exceeds R560 grant

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Charts | 24 October 2025

Outrage as Cape Town rubbish removal company fails to pay workers

City of Cape Town says it will strengthen checks and balances when appointing contractors in the future

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News | 24 October 2025

Call to scrap passports between Lesotho and SA

Lesotho’s opposition Basotho Action Party has launched a campaign to ease cross-border travel using national identity cards

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News | 23 October 2025

Special schools in KwaZulu-Natal to stay closed

Parents demand buses, more staff and a hostel

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News | 23 October 2025

Arts festivals call for clarity on funding

Long-standing arts festivals that provide thousands of jobs have received no funds this year from the arts and culture department

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News | 23 October 2025

Janitors employed to clean toilets have to buy their own water to do it

Company contracted to City of Cape Town does not provide water to cleaners, in a settlement which has none

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News | 23 October 2025

Puppets charm adults with disabilities

Cape Town Association for the Physically Disabled hosted a puppet show in Stellenbosch

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Brief | 23 October 2025

Closing arguments in Judge Mbenenge sexual harassment tribunal

Lawyer says this case will likely determine whether other women with legitimate claims will come forward, but tribunal chair disagrees

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Law | 22 October 2025

Fight over tourism development in the Cederberg

Trekkloof farm owner Anton Kok started building without plans or environmental authorisation

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News | 22 October 2025

Over 100 houses illegally occupied in stalled Nyanga project

Contractor problems, the covid pandemic, extortion attempts, vandalism and illegal occupations have delayed the housing project

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Brief | 22 October 2025

Former leaders of Lesotho women’s rights organisation accused of corruption

Two senior office-bearers of Women and Law are accused of misappropriating R5.6-million in donor funds

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News | 22 October 2025

MPs call for heads to roll at Fort Hare

Vice Chancellor Sakhele Buhlungu has not properly explained why a man facing corruption allegations was promoted

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News | 21 October 2025

Death toll rises from Makhado bus crash

Relatives gather to identify the bodies of the dead

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News | 21 October 2025

Raw sewage forces Khayelitsha families to abandon shacks

A blockage in the main sewer line has caused manholes to overflow

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Brief | 21 October 2025

Somerset West taxi route opened, but dispute is not over

Rival taxi associations still disagree over route from Khayelitsha to Somerset West

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News | 21 October 2025

Contract workers march in Joburg demanding permanent jobs

Expanded Public Works Programme employees march to Premier’s office

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Brief | 21 October 2025