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Hundreds of state mental health patients are being kept in prison

There are not enough beds in South Africa’s 13 psychiatric hospitals

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News | 1 June 2025

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Sewage floods the streets in this part of Durban

Lamontville has been battered by floods

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News | 1 June 2025

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Global Fund is $6-billion short and may have to cut life-saving programmes

US has cut funding and it’s not clear if other donors will meet their pledges

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News | 31 May 2025

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New play challenges xenophobia

Graveland is running at the Market Theatre until Sunday, 1 June

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News | 31 May 2025

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Court rules against Lottery: ticket sales may stop on Sunday

“I do not accept that the sky will fall” says judge

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Law | 30 May 2025

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Cash-strapped City Power in tense standoff with protesters in Alexandra

The power utility says more than 800 households in Riverpark were either not buying electricity at all or had “suspiciously low” purchase rates

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Brief | 30 May 2025

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No arrests after xenophobic attacks in Addo

Hundreds of evacuated Zimbabweans are staying in a church hall

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News | 30 May 2025

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Debate over future of social grants

Black Sash argues they are a vital safety net but economist questions their viability

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News | 30 May 2025

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The attack on science

A GroundUp series on the right to be informed

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News | 29 May 2025

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Protesters try to block Cape Town’s Central Line

The group lives on the rail reserve along Stock Road in Philippi East and is demanding that PRASA move them to permanent accommodation

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Brief | 29 May 2025

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NLC did nothing to stop 4,000 “delinquents” from getting grant funding

New corruption-busting efforts have caused grant money to go unspent

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Parliament | 29 May 2025

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Battle between SANCO and municipality in Eastern Cape town

Calm restored after protests disrupt businesses

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News | 29 May 2025

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One in four South Africans don’t have enough food. Activists call for action

Union Against Hunger shines light on the right to food

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Brief | 29 May 2025

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Protests against Germany and Glencore mark Namibian Genocide Remembrance Day

Events in Cape Town and Johannesburg drew attention to the war in Gaza

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News | 29 May 2025

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Union members march in Durban, demanding permanent jobs

Workers also want uniforms and overtime pay

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Brief | 29 May 2025

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City of eThekwini says refuse is collected in this settlement every Monday, but we saw no sign of a rubbish truck

Mounds of refuse line the road in Cato Crest

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News | 29 May 2025

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