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Raising revenue from alien invasives

A pilot project in the Overberg aims to produce useful agricultural products using cleared invasive plants

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News | 9 January 2026

Protesters express solidarity with Palestine Action hunger strikers

“It is a grotesque irony that the law should be used to criminalise opposition to genocide rather than genocide itself,” says South African Jews for a Free Palestine

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News | 6 January 2026

Vandals delay urgent Khayelitsha sewerage maintenance

New homes for families living above sewer pipes have been destroyed

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News | 6 January 2026

Roof blows off Lesotho airport — after MPs raised red flags

A May 2025 report called for Minister Matjato Moteane’s head. But it appears to have been ignored.

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News | 6 January 2026

Future of SRD grant uncertain, says Treasury

Universal Basic Income Coalition says government’s proposals to link the grant to employment-related conditions could exclude eligible beneficiaries

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News | 6 January 2026

Lesotho army admits teenagers were sexually harassed

Opposition MP says there are more cases and calls for independent inquiry

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News | 30 December 2025

Three die when house collapses in Soweto

Confusion over whether area is illegally occupied

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News | 30 December 2025

Tsotsi star’s house, bought with lottery funds, frozen by Special Tribunal

The late Presley Chweneyagae’s home was bought with funds meant for an anti-drug themed musical

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News | 23 December 2025

Lottery whistleblowers denied financial compensation

After year-long reparations process, former NLC staff offered psychological support, educational sponsorships and grocery vouchers

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News | 19 December 2025

Claremont could be Johannesburg Water’s big blind spot

Suburb is among several expecting a very dry Christmas

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News | 19 December 2025

Housing activist group wants to bid for R87-million property

The City of Cape Town has announced that the old Woodstock hospital, which has been occupied by hundreds of people since 2017, will be sold

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News | 19 December 2025

SA doctor in the firing line for stand on Palestine

Health Professions Council to decide by end of January on inquiry into Tlaleng Mofokeng

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News | 19 December 2025

Durban mayor urged to investigate assaults on homeless people

People we spoke to describe being beaten with sjamboks by Ensure Security’s masked guards. The company denies this.

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News | 18 December 2025

Thousands of families live on railway reserves without water, electricity or rubbish collection

People have occupied the railway line between Langa and Bonteheuwel train stations since 2019 and at old Philippi depot since 2020

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News | 18 December 2025

After years of sewage flooding their land, Joburg residents start rates revolt

Collapsing sewer line in Carlswald Valley has soaked properties with sewage for 20 years

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News | 17 December 2025

Free State residents without water while municipal officials bicker

Maluti-a-Phofung Municipality will close down its failing water supply entity

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News | 16 December 2025