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“I can run, I feel free”: How government-funded hormones changed Lilita Singata’s life

Gender-affirming healthcare can be life-saving, but access is limited

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News | 13 November 2025

Lesotho community left in ruins by highway project

The road, built by a Chinese company, has improved access to Qacha’s Nek but also caused damage and displacement

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News | 12 November 2025

Promises, promises but still no school

Willowvale families have been waiting for their new school since 2018

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News | 12 November 2025

Lesotho sheds textile jobs amidst US trade uncertainty

Hippo Knitting has laid off 295 workers and plans to retrench another 420 in January

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News | 11 November 2025

Unknown judge in unknown court gags Open Secrets from saying …

This appears to be the most draconian prepublication interdict we have come across

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News | 10 November 2025

Families camp at Lily Mine for six years waiting for bodies of their loved ones

Three miners remain buried 70 metres underground after a collapse at the Barberton mine in 2016

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News | 10 November 2025

Pensioners ask Parliament to increase grant to R5,000

“We are not asking for charity, we are asking for justice and dignity”

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News | 6 November 2025

Vandals strip R42-million Gqeberha housing project

Of 580 units built in Walmer township only 108 have lawful occupants

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News | 6 November 2025

Homeless shelter waltzes to first-ever dance show

The Haven Night Shelter will stage the “Dignity in Motion” show next week

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News | 6 November 2025

Official implicated in corruption appointed head of KZN social development

Onkemetse Edwin Kabasia is implicated by multiple forensic investigations into procurement irregularities in Gauteng

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News | 5 November 2025

Dispute over City of Cape Town’s plan for Noordhoek valley

Plan to relocate Masiphumelele families sparks concerns among residents of smallholdings

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News | 5 November 2025

The real cost of Johannesburg’s water

Families living alongside the huge Thukela-Vaal Transfer Scheme get no water

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News | 5 November 2025

Child Support Grant must be increased to end child hunger, report says

The grant has reduced child hunger, but 1.2-million more children are short of food than in 2019

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News | 4 November 2025

Investigation into R17-billion rail signalling tender complete, says PRASA board

But a more recent whistleblower report alleges a corrupt cabal within the PRASA board

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News | 4 November 2025

School principal suspended for financial mismanagement, again

Khulile Qamata previously faced charges of sexual misconduct and financial mismanagement at another school

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News | 3 November 2025

Soccer field offers hope to Johannesburg’s children

Field of Dreams project aims to counter the neglect of the city’s public parks

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News | 3 November 2025