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Restoring dignity with free hair cuts

Haven Night Shelter’s Dignity Project offers haircuts, meals and social services

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Brief | 18 July 2025

R400-million and eight years later, these rural roads in Limpopo are still not finished

New contractor has been appointed but work has stalled again

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Brief | 18 July 2025

KZN government fails to pay crèches despite court order

Payments have been “sporadic and inconsistent”, says Legal Resources Centre

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Brief | 16 July 2025

Protesters throw human waste outside clinic and torch vehicles

Residents of Wells Estate in Gqeberha are upset because electricity boxes that were due to be installed last year have not been delivered

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Brief | 16 July 2025

Homeless shelters under pressure as hundreds seek refuge from the cold

City of Cape Town says its Safe Spaces are more than 90% full

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Brief | 14 July 2025

Vehicles torched and stoned in protest over MyCiti jobs

Philippi residents are demanding jobs on a MyCiti infrastructure project

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Brief | 11 July 2025

People live in squalor as City of Joburg’s development plans gather dust

Over 700 plots in Zandspruit, intended for residents to build their own homes, have stood vacant for six years.

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Brief | 11 July 2025

Lesotho declares unemployment a national disaster

The declaration will remain in effect for two years

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Brief | 11 July 2025

“A grave would be better than my shack”, says Kariega resident

Shack dwellers still don’t have houses after years of promises

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Brief | 10 July 2025