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Judge who has not worked since 2018 to face tribunal

Judge Lepona Joshua Lekale, who is reportedly visually impaired, has refused early retirement

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News | 16 July 2026

Children of immigrants forced to leave South African schools

Repatriation process interrupts schooling

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News | 16 July 2026

NSFAS students battle to keep up with inflation

Living allowance runs out mid-month, students say

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News | 15 July 2026

Farmworkers fear eviction from Paarl wine estate

Fourteen families are at risk of losing the homes they have lived in for decades

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News | 15 July 2026

Union and hostel residents quarrel over R3-million electricity bill

Food and Allied Workers’ Union claims its hostel was “hijacked”, but residents say they are descendants of bread factory workers who lived there

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News | 15 July 2026

Giant data centres get the first green light from Cape Town tribunal

Two massive water-hungry and energy-hungry data centres are proposed next to the airport

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News | 14 July 2026

Gugulethu’s apartheid-era hostels finally get a facelift

But residents accuse City of Cape Town of prioritising the flats that face the main road

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News | 14 July 2026

Pietermaritzburg’s R1-billion transport flop

No buses operate on Msunduzi Municipality’s failed public transport system

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News | 13 July 2026

Treasury says freezing R13.5bn for 69 municipalities should not disrupt services

If municipalities address unauthorised, irregular, and fruitless and wasteful expenditure, funds could be released within the month

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News | 9 July 2026