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Lottery whistleblowers denied financial compensation

After year-long reparations process, former NLC staff offered psychological support, educational sponsorships and grocery vouchers

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News | 19 December 2025

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Claremont could be Johannesburg Water’s big blind spot

Suburb is among several expecting a very dry Christmas

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News | 19 December 2025

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Housing activist group wants to bid for R87-million property

The City of Cape Town has announced that the old Woodstock hospital, which has been occupied by hundreds of people since 2017, will be sold

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News | 19 December 2025

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SA doctor in the firing line for stand on Palestine

Health Professions Council to decide by end of January on inquiry into Tlaleng Mofokeng

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News | 19 December 2025

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Durban mayor urged to investigate assaults on homeless people

People we spoke to describe being beaten with sjamboks by Ensure Security’s masked guards. The company denies this.

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News | 18 December 2025

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Thousands of families live on railway reserves without water, electricity or rubbish collection

People have occupied the railway line between Langa and Bonteheuwel train stations since 2019 and at old Philippi depot since 2020

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News | 18 December 2025

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After years of sewage flooding their land, Joburg residents start rates revolt

Collapsing sewer line in Carlswald Valley has soaked properties with sewage for 20 years

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News | 17 December 2025

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Free State residents without water while municipal officials bicker

Maluti-a-Phofung Municipality will close down its failing water supply entity

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News | 16 December 2025

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Solution to Dunoon’s railway occupation foiled

People living on Transnet land were meant to be relocated in 2013. But the plan stalled when more people moved onto the railway tracks.

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News | 16 December 2025

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SAPS is drowning in unsolved dockets

There were 1.9-million unsolved cases by the end of the 2024 financial year

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News | 12 December 2025

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Broken promises: Sarah Baartman Centre is a case study in government failure

Hundreds of millions spent and a decade behind schedule

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News | 11 December 2025

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Living on R2,320 a month: Here’s how a pensioner spends her grant

“Sometimes by the 15th of the month, the groceries are all done,” says 61-year-old Noah Libbie

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News | 11 December 2025

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Botched permits spoil start to crayfish season

West Coast small-scale fishers demand answers from fisheries department

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News | 11 December 2025

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Police fail to confiscate firearms from domestic violence perpetrators, report finds

Guns are used in 35% of murders of women

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News | 11 December 2025

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Clinic staff are extorting immigrants to access life-saving medicines

Immigrants say they are being charged for ARVs, chronic medication and baby immunisations at some Gauteng clinics

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News | 10 December 2025

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After the shelter: Cape Town’s urgent need to house homeless people

Shelters and Safe Spaces are only stop-gap solutions. Transitional accommodation and support is needed, say experts.

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News | 10 December 2025