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Police canā€™t say why they let an alleged rapist off the hook

Officers dropped him at hospital without questioning him

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News | 15 April 2025

Lesotho gives in, approves Starlink licence

Civic organisation says this is a ā€œsell-outā€

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News | 15 April 2025

Damning report on R57-million Buffalo City swimming pool

Years later the pool remains incomplete and a symbol of municipal failure

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News | 14 April 2025

Pensioner who was allocated an RDP house 15 years ago still lives in a mud hut

Free State Department of Human Settlements has promised to help the 75-year-old from Naledi village in Qwaqwa get a house

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News | 11 April 2025

Developer of R300m Stellenbosch housing estate fights back

Botmaskop Fynbos Estate says a court interdict stopping construction will be ā€œcatastrophicā€

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News | 11 April 2025

Invasive weed is threatening life in Joburg dams

Kariba weed on the surfaces of the dams could kill the indigenous ecosystems

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News | 11 April 2025

Synagogue president apologises for calling for genocide

South African Jews for a Free Palestine call for his resignation

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News | 10 April 2025

US funding cuts could cause over 150,000 extra HIV infections in SA by 2028

Experts say this can be avoided if the South African government covers some of the defunded services

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News | 10 April 2025

Department of Public Works bungles Darling Street eviction application

State Attorney did not communicate with residents and failed to enrol the case properly

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News | 10 April 2025

Lesotho under pressure to approve Starlink licence

Prime Minister says his government is removing obstacles to US investment, including Starlink, in the wake of the tariff hike

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News | 10 April 2025

Court orders Gauteng health department to treat cancer patients

Judge rules failure to deal with backlog of patients needing radiation treatment is unconstitutional

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News | 9 April 2025

Western Cape promises progress on inner-city housing projects

Several social housing projects in Cape Town will go to tender this year

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News | 9 April 2025

Cape Town families say City has ā€˜abandonedā€™ them

Municipality has no immediate plans to move families living at the Masonwabe temporary relocation area in Gugulethu

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News | 9 April 2025

Thousands march across the country to demand justice for Cwecwe

There has been no significant progress in the seven-year-oldā€™s case

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News | 8 April 2025

Department of Social Development proposes changes to SRD grant application

Questions about income could be removed

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News | 8 April 2025

NPA fails family of murdered teenager falsely accused of stealing cattle

Abulele Kwindana was killed in 2020. No-one has been charged with his murder.

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News | 8 April 2025