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Global Fund is $6-billion short and may have to cut life-saving programmes

US has cut funding and it’s not clear if other donors will meet their pledges

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News | 31 May 2025

New play challenges xenophobia

Graveland is running at the Market Theatre until Sunday, 1 June

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News | 31 May 2025

No arrests after xenophobic attacks in Addo

Hundreds of evacuated Zimbabweans are staying in a church hall

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News | 30 May 2025

Debate over future of social grants

Black Sash argues they are a vital safety net but economist questions their viability

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News | 30 May 2025

The attack on science

A GroundUp series on the right to be informed

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News | 29 May 2025

Battle between SANCO and municipality in Eastern Cape town

Calm restored after protests disrupt businesses

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News | 29 May 2025

Protests against Germany and Glencore mark Namibian Genocide Remembrance Day

Events in Cape Town and Johannesburg drew attention to the war in Gaza

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News | 29 May 2025

Tired of waiting, Limpopo villagers lay their own water pipes

Ha-Matsa’s villages rely only on boreholes and untreated fountain water

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News | 29 May 2025

Big US-funded chicken project shuts down in Lesotho

Five-year plan was to up meat production by 40%

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News | 28 May 2025

Eastern Cape man dies in police custody

Family claims police tortured Bheki Nkisi. IPID is investigating.

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News | 28 May 2025

Hundreds of women and children chased from their homes in deadly xenophobic attacks

“Revenge attacks” in Addo kill three and injure ten

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News | 27 May 2025

KwaZulu-Natal government ordered to pay crèches

At least 275 centres have faced issues with late subsidy payments

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News | 27 May 2025

City says there’s no money for water and toilets for Mamelodi settlement

Residents say they have no choice but to illegally connect electricity and water

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News | 24 May 2025

Dunoon residents threaten more protests over demolitions

They want the City of Cape Town to help resolve the housing crisis in the community

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News | 23 May 2025

HIV activists urge Parliament to respond to PEPFAR cuts

Parliament told that many clinics have closed and people can’t access HIV medication

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News | 23 May 2025