Special schools closed in KwaZulu-Natal after education department fails to pay subsidies

76 schools closed by parents and the South African National Association for Special School Education (SANASE)

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Brief | 16 October 2025

Lottery commits R124-million to fight HIV and TB

Funding intended to help fill gap left by withdrawal of US funds

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News | 16 October 2025

Police Nyala torched during Cape Town electricity protest

“We burned tyres to get this land, water and toilets. We will now burn tyres to get electricity” says Khayelitsha protester

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Brief | 16 October 2025

Free State protesters demand action on crime

March in Bohlokong to hand over memorandum to police and department of justice

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Brief | 16 October 2025

Hundreds of pensioners take part in Gugulethu sports tournament

The event brought together senior clubs from across the Cape Flats

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Brief | 16 October 2025

Let them eat kreef!

New season’s crayfish catch allocation is up almost 60%

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News | 16 October 2025

Land spat highlights tension between traditional and formal law

It’s often unclear who owns land in traditional communities — the individual or the traditional authority

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Feature | 16 October 2025

Limpopo stadium project soaks up time and money

“Why are you investigating our stadium?” asks spokesperson

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Brief | 16 October 2025

Unemployed young people protest in Nigel, demanding jobs

“We also want to work”

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Brief | 15 October 2025

PEPFAR cuts leave clinics short of staff

Survey finds longer waiting times for ARVs

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News | 15 October 2025

Winning lottery bidder’s connections to Paul Mashatile being probed, says Minister Tau

Sizekhaya consortium has links to Mashatile, says Ithuba Lottery

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News | 15 October 2025

Tardy judges late on hundreds of judgments

Some judgments have been outstanding for four years

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Brief | 15 October 2025

Law clinics flooded as Home Affairs blocks asylum seekers from the system

Refugee offices are still not processing new applications unless immigrants have a transit visa, despite a court ruling that this is unconstitutional

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News | 15 October 2025

Buildings torched during University of the Free State protests

Students angry at changes to registration system

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Brief | 14 October 2025

Magistrates protest outside court, demanding higher wages

Magistrates are under-recognised and under-paid, says former Constitutional Court judge Edwin Cameron

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Brief | 14 October 2025

Judge hands down ruling three years late

For most of that time there was no record of it in the official report that tracks late judgments

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News | 14 October 2025