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City of Cape Town hits back against extortion

SANCO accused of threats and intimidation at MyCiTI bus depot; denies any link to extortion

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Feature | 12 December 2025

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Kimberley’s big hole of municipal failure

Sol Plaatje municipality’s speaker and municipal manager were recently appointed despite tainted records

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Feature | 10 December 2025

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Facebook promotes rubbish because it doesn’t understand indigenous languages

Content producers get away with fake news and clickbait

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Feature | 4 December 2025

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Kimberley: A provincial capital sunk in sewage

Salt pans and lowlands around the town are lakes of filth

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Feature | 1 December 2025

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Part Two: Dodgy Nguni cattle deals uncovered at Fort Hare

A forensic investigation of a research farm found cattle sold for below market prices

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Feature | 28 November 2025

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Fort Hare’s cattle projects were supposed to help Eastern Cape farmers. Instead they are a lesson in bad governance

Forensic reports uncover arithmetical errors, unaccounted-for assets and absent oversight, probably resulting in the loss of tens of millions of rands for the university

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Feature | 27 November 2025

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Operation Dudula blocks access to clinics, violating court order

Witness testimony plus a visit by GroundUp to clinics confirms this. Clinic security guards are also blocking access to immigrants.

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Feature | 24 November 2025

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Ecological disaster in the Hemel-en-Aarde Valley

The collapse of a precious palmiet peatland exposes failures and tensions in the management of our water resources

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Feature | 7 November 2025

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Investigation finds Limpopo school toilets have not been fixed

Ten years after the Michael Komape tragedy, many schools still need proper toilets

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Feature | 30 October 2025

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How Johannesburg residents are protecting their power lines

“Secure infrastructure should be covered by our rates. We’d much rather spend the extra money on beautifying our local park.”

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Feature | 28 October 2025

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How two very different South Africans are solving their water problems

“I have learned in my life to take responsibility for the needs of my family. If you wait for help, you can wait too long.”

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Feature | 27 October 2025

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Guns, gangs and gold: The battle for Zambia’s riches

Social media posts have triggered a rush of gold diggers

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Feature | 20 October 2025

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Land spat highlights tension between traditional and formal law

It’s often unclear who owns land in traditional communities — the individual or the traditional authority

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Feature | 16 October 2025

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People fight for water as infrastructure crumbles

uMzinyathi District Municipality in northern KwaZulu-Natal is failing to supply water

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Feature | 6 October 2025

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Pensioners refunded after we queried funeral policy deductions

Insurance companies insist they have proof that pensioners agreed, but questions remain about how this was done

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Feature | 2 October 2025

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The Zambian minister, the mysterious businesswoman and illegal mining

“There is a new mining order that is coming. Embrace it, but what is illegal, do not tolerate it,” says minister

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Feature | 8 September 2025