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Trump has stopped aid to South Africa, endangering thousands of lives

But we must not allow peddlers of hate to undermine our fragile constitutional democracy

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CPUT students protest against their “dire” accommodation

Students have been sleeping outside and in hallways

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News | 7 February 2025

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Wreck of MV Ultra Galaxy confirmed as source of West Coast oil spill

Clean-up continues and conservationist is impressed with the response

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News | 7 February 2025

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Navy ammunition depot in Simon’s Town is a fire hazard

Defence force is violating the law

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News | 7 February 2025

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Pretoria could lose 120 beds for people in desperate need of care

Business rescue plan for social housing company will sell off state-funded special needs facilities

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Go-slow at hospital after CEO was suspended

Brief suspension came after a letter in the name of CEO Mziyanda Tshaka circulated about an acute shortage of doctors at Tambo Regional Hospital

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Brief | 6 February 2025

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125-year-old Eastern Cape hospital in desperate need of renovations

Protesters march to Greenville Hospital near Bizana to complain about conditions

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News | 6 February 2025

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Lottery paid R500,000 to company to probe computer breach that never happened

Forensic auditors found several red flags in the payment to Neo Solutions

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News | 6 February 2025

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Stilfontein protesters demand commission of inquiry into police conduct

They also demanded that mining minister Gwede Mantashe resign

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Brief | 6 February 2025

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No plan yet for Cape Town families facing eviction

Bromwell residents still do not know where or when they will be relocated

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Brief | 6 February 2025

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Goma Call For Peace campaign launched at St George’s Cathedral

Religious leaders and civil society groups call for end to the war

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Brief | 6 February 2025

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Picket at Mining Indaba demands justice for Stilfontein miners

Activists called for reparations to be paid to the families of the miners who died

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Brief | 5 February 2025

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Leaked ANC document calls for basic income grant in 2025

But official statement after lekgotla makes no mention of it

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News | 5 February 2025

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Storms damage hundreds of homes and schools in northern KZN

Homes damaged across Msinga and Abaqulusi municipalities

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Brief | 5 February 2025

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No end to long queues at SASSA Khayelitsha

Grant recipients and applicants must sleep over or arrive in the early hours if they hope to get served

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Anger over failure of community-owned macadamia nut farm

Government-funded Ncera farm has battled drought and price fluctuations

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