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Cape Town protection money syndicates kill people, kill livelihoods
A salon owner was shot dead on Wednesday apparently for refusing to pay protection money
News | 7 March 2024
Questions over how national orchestra is spending public money
Auditor-General red flags potential conflict of interest and oversight issues
By Daniel Steyn
News | 7 March 2024
Police minister says he’s been working from home for four years because of “terrible” state of SAPS building
“We paid more money trying to fix that thing than we paid for buying it,” Bheki Cele tells Parliament
News | 7 March 2024
Wits students stage ‘sleepover’ protests
The university says its made 530 emergency beds available and has reopened applications to on-campus residences
News | 6 March 2024
Mbombela warned to fix water crisis as taps in several villages run dry
“The last time we saw a drop of water coming out of the tap was about 15 years ago,” says villager
By Masoka Dube
News | 6 March 2024
Public Works to investigate mismanagement of police headquarters
“It’s unfortunate such a beautiful asset has been left in that kind of state” says head of property management
News | 5 March 2024
SAPS and Public Works called to Parliament over Telkom Towers debacle
Trade union Solidarity says it’s been complaining about the deplorable state of the police building for years, but to no avail
News | 4 March 2024
Yoliswa Dwane, education activist who condemned John Hlophe, is remembered at UCT event
She “dedicated her life to advancing social justice” but died “too young, too early”
By Liezl Human
News | 4 March 2024
Auditor General gives damning report on police headquarters
This was just hours after workers at the Telkom Towers office were evacuated after it was declared unfit for human use
News | 1 March 2024