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Security guards protest outside Durban hospital, demanding their jobs back

Their contracts were not renewed after they participated in an unprotected strike last year

Mpox in South Africa: here’s what we know

Health department reports second death from the disease

Philippi satellite police station to open after two-year wait

The community is desperate for more policing

National Arts Festival battles to get much-needed Lottery funding

The decision not to fund the country’s longest running arts festival was communicated a month before its start date

Displaced Limpopo farmers battle to make a living

Farmers had been working communal land near Phalaborwa since 2014

These Durban families will have to wait until next year for a reliable water supply

City of eThekwini says the water crisis in parts of the city will only be fully resolved in 2025

New law proposed to stop SLAPP suits

The Centre for Applied Legal Studies and Right2Protest hope legislators will adopt it to protect journalists and activists

Graves across Nelson Mandela Bay ruined by storm

“These are our families and this is causing new pain”

Pesticides are polluting Western Cape rivers all year round

Studies of three river catchments have found an association between pesticide exposure and poorer brain function in children

Scramble for water in Kariega as municipality fails to keep its promise

Water tanker runs dry after 30 minutes

“Each time we try to get comfortable, the police come to demolish our home”

Families living in Lindokuhle Mnguni informal settlement in Johannesburg say they’re being harassed by police and AmaPanyaza

Money starts flowing at last to Gauteng care organisations

The Department of Social Development has been scrambling to comply with a court order

Mining is destroying crucial Eswatini nature reserve

The mine has the king’s blessing but no environmental authorisation

Backyarders vs City of Cape Town in court

Judgment reserved in Belhar occupation case

Radiation therapy graduates unplaced for six months by health department

Graduates are required by law to complete the Internship and Community Service Programme in order to practise