How to buy your dream house using public money

Documents show that Lottopreneur Lesley Ramulifho used at least R5 million from a Lottery grant to pay for his luxury Pretoria house

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Feature | 31 October 2019

Family in Brakpan terrorised for laying rape charges

“They always break the door and enter with guns, pangas, golf clubs and sticks. They beat us”

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News | 28 October 2019

The Lottery COO and the mysterious payments

Bank statements show that company directed by COO’s wife paid money into Lottery recipient’s account, yet she denies it

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News | 25 October 2019

Soweto’s girls and boys play competitive soccer together

“My teammates treat me with respect and dignity. I’ve never felt harassed or experienced any form of violence and abuse.”

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Feature | 24 October 2019

Concourt rules apartheid intimidation legislation unconstitutional

1982 law criminalised free speech

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Law | 22 October 2019

How a lawyer used a Lottery-funded project as his personal ATM

Lesley Ramulifho paid for fancy restaurants, high-end interior decor and work on a Porsche using money meant for a drug rehab

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Feature | 22 October 2019

“Enough with blackouts” say Soshanguve residents

Protesters march to City of Tshwane demanding services

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Brief | 17 October 2019

Claiming the wasted opportunities in recycling

Pilot project in Brixton and Auckland Park brings informal waste pickers and residents together to benefit both

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News | 16 October 2019

Marievale cousins accuse SANDF soldiers of assault

“The soldiers kept kicking them so badly we thought they would kill them”, says witness

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News | 15 October 2019

Peter Chihoro cycles up to 80km a day fetching wood to make brooms

Zimbabwean has been making brooms for ten years

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News | 15 October 2019

Taxi associations accused of terrorising immigrants in Pretoria

Men beaten up, accused of drug dealing

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News | 14 October 2019

Extinction Rebellion pickets Gwede Mantashe’s department

Global movement against human-caused climate change steps up its South African presence

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Brief | 11 October 2019

Red ants and rubber bullets are the only service delivery we know, says Brakpan resident

Protesters barricade road after illegal electrical connections removed

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News | 11 October 2019

Neighbours to the aid of Soshanguve family

No social grants for young mother and her four children who have no birth certificates

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Brief | 11 October 2019

JSC dismisses complaint by Judge Makhubele against Judge Tuchten

Ruling vindicates Tuchten’s judgment that raised serious questions about Makhubele’s conduct at PRASA

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Law | 9 October 2019

Art centre pressured to remove painting by murderer

Display of Zwelethu Mthethwa’s work raises debate about freedom of expression versus dignity of family of a murdered sex worker

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News | 7 October 2019