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Cape Town desalination plans delayed while water demand soars

Latest Water Outlook reveals City’s plan for 300-million extra litres a day has slipped to 2036

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News | 31 August 2026

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Immigrant families live in fear in this Joburg community

Residents of Bertrams are bracing themselves for March and March protests on 30 September

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News | 31 August 2026

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Flood victims return to damaged homes

Nineteen of 21 families relocated after January floods in Tshakhuma, Limpopo, say the temporary emergency accommodation made their lives impossible

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News | 31 August 2026

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Students carry the cost of NSFAS funding cap, Parliament hears

Calls for accommodation cap to be scrapped or redesigned

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News | 28 August 2026

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Five years later: Bester prison escape trial set for April 2027

Bester’s lawyers told the court they are struggling to get access to their client

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News | 28 August 2026

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Gap in Cape Town’s janitor contracts leaves communities living in filth

The municipality says it will appoint some new janitors in September

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News | 27 August 2026

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Fruit workers strike over union recognition

Dispute over numbers at Villiersdorp company

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News | 26 August 2026

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Joburg’s dirtiest river may lose its only champion

Environmental organisation KlipSA faces closure

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News | 26 August 2026

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In this town, old women have to relieve themselves in a field

Some families have been living in Aloe-T informal settlement in Komani, Eastern Cape, since 1997

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News | 26 August 2026