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Alarm raised over plans for state-run lottery

Since its inception, a private company has been responsible for operating the lottery and selling tickets. That is set to change in 2034

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News | 20 June 2025

Rape cover up trial: police detained victim overnight near her rapist

Rapist’s DNA has been linked to two open cases

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News | 20 June 2025

MPs not impressed with new SASSA verification process

Treasury may withhold funds if SASSA does not meet its conditions

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News | 19 June 2025

Three Durban cops deny rape cover up

The state alleges a rape victim was detained by Brighton Beach officers and intimidated into withdrawing charges

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News | 19 June 2025

Multi-billion Limpopo mega-project has ground to a halt

Makhado Special Economic Zone, announced in 2018, was intended to attract investments of R40-billion

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News | 19 June 2025

Court rules that #UniteBehind be added to PRASA corruption case

Commuter activists to present and challenge evidence in the pending review by former PRASA board members

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News | 18 June 2025

These families have no toilets, but sewage from other people’s toilets flows past their homes

Riverside informal settlement is built on a floodplain, says City of Cape Town, so services can’t be provided

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News | 18 June 2025

Judge warns Thabo Bester and co-accused not to delay proceedings

Nandipha Magudumana’s father has still not appointed a lawyer since January

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News | 17 June 2025

Clinic renovation stalled because health department hasn’t paid contractor

Patients are being treated at old church buildings because the clinic has been closed since 2022 for renovations

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News | 17 June 2025

New crèches may have to close because of late payments by education department

Subsidies still not being paid on time in KwaZulu-Natal

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News | 13 June 2025

Mass lay-offs at Lesotho garment factories as US tariffs bite

After the Trump administration’s threat of 50% import duty on Lesotho, orders have dried up and production lines have shut down

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News | 13 June 2025

Social grants go unpaid as beneficiaries struggle with SASSA’s system

Activists say they get dozens of complaints weekly about the online verification process

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News | 12 June 2025

New border control plan could harm asylum seekers, say critics

The One-Stop Border Post Bill aims to speed up trade and travel, but critics say protection for immigrants is inadequate

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News | 11 June 2025

No money to upgrade Cape Town’s rundown hostels

We visited hostels in Gugulethu which were overcrowded and falling apart

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News | 10 June 2025

Court battle looms between City of Johannesburg and traders

SERI has sent a letter of demand to the City over container removals

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News | 9 June 2025

Families were promised RDP homes. Instead they were left for 15 years without services

Eastern Cape Department of Human Settlements says construction will happen later this year

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News | 9 June 2025