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Gag order against Open Secrets lifted

Case brought by Integrated Convoy Protection, which sells armoured vehicles to UAE, dismissed

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News | 27 November 2025

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Release of useful health statistics: 2015 to 2025

The National Health Laboratory Service has provided HIV, TB, syphilis and cholesterol data

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News | 27 November 2025

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EThekwini blames Shembe Church for delays in housing project

Burlington development has been stuck since 2022

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News | 27 November 2025

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Fewer than half of Elim’s boreholes work and municipal water tankers are a rare sight

Private water sellers are filling the gap, but the municipality says they are acting against the law

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News | 27 November 2025

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Eastern Cape families go to court over water

Despite a court order, the Amathole District Municipality has not provided water to Centane villages, they say

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News | 26 November 2025

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SAPS won’t return to Telkom Towers despite millions spent

The complex was evacuated in February 2024 amid safety concerns

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News | 26 November 2025

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Lesotho and South African organisations at loggerheads after USAID funding cuts

The Mosepele Foundation Development Forum has accused Mothers2Mothers South Africa of withholding funds but the latter says it has no choice

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News | 26 November 2025

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“Sink hole” families to be moved

Dozens of Khayelitsha families have been living above a collapsing sewer pipe

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News | 26 November 2025

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UCT astronomer’s photo of neutron star makes headlines

Kelebogile Gasealahwe’s work could shed light on jets emitted by these stars

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News | 25 November 2025

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Calls for Nestlé to remove sugar from baby foods

Swiss investigative outlet claims Nestlé is misrepresenting sugar content

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News | 25 November 2025

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Festival showcases disabled artists

Singers, dancers, painters at three-day Unmute ArtsAbility Arts Festival in Cape Town

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News | 25 November 2025

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Lesotho to release hundreds of prisoners to reduce overcrowding

The government says it is busy implementing recommendations made 22 years ago by the Judge White Commission into prison conditions

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News | 24 November 2025

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Orange Farm’s crime fighting patrollers

Community members have lauded efforts by the crime patrollers to make their streets safer, with over 400 people already part of the initiative

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News | 24 November 2025

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In photos: Thousands protest to end violence against women

Government classifies GBV and femicide a national disaster, but it’s unclear what policies will follow from this

Ashraf Hendricks, Ihsaan Haffejee, Ishmael Mabena, Johnnie Isaacs, Thamsanqa Mbovane and Tsoanelo Sefoloko

News | 21 November 2025

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GBV victims travel nearly 200km to reach nearest state shelter

A local resident has now turned her own four-room home into a safehouse for many women in Beaufort West who have nowhere to go

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News | 21 November 2025

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SASSA expects to save R341-million by tightening screenings

Treasury has added new conditions to improve the monitoring of grants

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News | 20 November 2025