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Rail: a Masterplan will only be ready by next year, says Ramaphosa
City of Cape Town expresses disappointment at the slow pace of change
News | 30 October 2024
Bedsores and maggots: Ikamva Labantu’s shocking findings on elder abuse
Research report released into neglect and abuse of older people in Cape Town’s poor communities
News | 30 October 2024
Mister Sweet workers shut down labour department
They claim that an inspector left a Mister Sweet factory with “a lot of packets of sweets”
News | 30 October 2024
Ivaldo Macamo lost his leg when the George building collapsed. He is still waiting for compensation
Not one of the families we spoke to has received any payout
By Daniel Steyn
News | 30 October 2024
Parliament debates report on Thabo Bester’s prison escape
“There’s public expectation that the parliamentary process we started in the previous term will be concluded,” says MP
News | 29 October 2024
African Penguins now officially “critically endangered”
The bird is facing rapid population decline from competition with commercial fisheries and climate-mediated shifts in prey populations
By John Yeld
News | 29 October 2024
Opposition to open cast coal mining in Midvaal
For years residents have been objecting to the Springfield and Vlakfontein mining project
News | 29 October 2024
South Africans exposed to high levels of lead
In 2022, over 700-tonnes of lead chromates were imported into the country from India alone
News | 29 October 2024
Government must protect legitimate SRD grant applicants, say activists
Universal Basic Income Coalition say fraudulent applications only represent a “small proportion of applications”
News | 28 October 2024