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Sex workers say they are devastated following the closure of US-funded clinics

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Families live in limbo on Cape Town’s railway lines

PRASA has been mum for months about relocation plans

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No evidence that judge sent penis picture, tribunal hears

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Law | 5 May 2025

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Presumed guilty! Years in prison awaiting trial

Goodwood prison massively overcrowded, judge’s report finds

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News | 5 May 2025

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Joburg traders claim they are harassed by City

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Vaal River residents reeling from flood damage

Crops destroyed, houses evacuated

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Workers’ Day: have trade unions lost their way?

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Opinion | 1 May 2025

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Legal Practice Council administrator accused of corruption loses Labour Court bid

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US shuts down massive Lesotho development project

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News | 30 April 2025

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Prisoners can use computers to study in their cells, says Constitutional Court

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Law | 30 April 2025

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Families of miners trapped since November beg for help

Authorities say it is too dangerous to go down the Krugersdorp mine

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News | 30 April 2025

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Evicted waste pickers must be allowed to earn a living, court rules

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Flower farm keeps Constantia’s coloured heritage alive

Jaftha brothers help heal a history of land dispossession

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