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Imam Muhsin Hendricks, who fought for queer rights, assassinated

He reportedly said that the need to be authentic was greater than his fear of death

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News | 17 February 2025

Major showdown in court over African Penguin’s future

Conservation groups challenge minister’s decision on no-fishing zones around penguin colonies

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News | 17 February 2025

Fraud flagged at the Compensation Fund

The Fund has been failing audits for 12 years and counting, Parliament told

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News | 17 February 2025

What to expect when you’re expecting during a climate crisis

Rising global temperatures pose a serious threat to health of pregnant women and babies, say Wits researchers

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News | 14 February 2025

Pensioners queue for hours to replace expiring SASSA cards

“If I don’t change my card there will be no income in my house,” says 84-year-old KZN pensioner

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News | 14 February 2025

No water from the City of Tshwane, so families turn to illegal suppliers

The 12,000 households in Azania informal settlement have no official supply of water

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News | 13 February 2025

Off-duty cop accused of brutally assaulting Cape Town man

Unconscious victim dumped at community clinic

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News | 13 February 2025

South African book at centre of raid on Jerusalem bookshop

Educational Bookshop, opened in 1984, is the best-known bookstore in occupied East Jerusalem

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News | 12 February 2025

Bishopscourt land claimants to finally break ground on housing development

This comes 20 years after their claim was officially granted

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News | 12 February 2025

Students disrupt classes amid housing crisis

NSFAS blamed for student accommodation challenges

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News | 11 February 2025

Over 15,000 South African health workers’ jobs are at risk as US cuts aid

Some harm reduction and LGBTI services have already closed

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News | 11 February 2025

1,500 Lesotho health workers sent home after US aid suspended

Trump blocking aid threatens vital health services

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News | 10 February 2025

Gauteng Department of Social Development ordered to explain its funding decisions

Unfunded non-profit organisations to file a combined summons

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News | 10 February 2025

This SASSA office opens earlier to deal with “high influx” of clients

A community worker says she sleeps outside the office to secure spaces for elderly or disabled people

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News | 10 February 2025

CPUT students protest against their “dire” accommodation

Students have been sleeping outside and in hallways

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News | 7 February 2025

Wreck of MV Ultra Galaxy confirmed as source of West Coast oil spill

Clean-up continues and conservationist is impressed with the response

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News | 7 February 2025