Farm workers march against pesticides

They call on European company to stop exporting EU-banned pesticides to South Africa

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News | 9 September 2023

Loved ones who perished in the Joburg building fire

We spoke to surviving relatives at the Hofland Community Centre shelter

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News | 8 September 2023

Zimbabweans in SA march to demand elections be nullified

“We just want to go home,” protesters chanted

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Brief | 8 September 2023

Grant recipients have to take loans because of “payment glitch”

“It’s my only source of income” says pensioner

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News | 8 September 2023

Cape Town proceeds with rail dispute despite President’s assurances

Cyril Ramaphosa has told Parliament rail devolution is on track. The City of Cape Town disagrees.

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News | 8 September 2023

Mayor’s response to electricity rates protest fails to satisfy Swellendam residents

Swellendam mayor met residents on Tuesday, but issues remain unresolved

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News | 8 September 2023

Makhanda without a post office since July

People from the town and surrounding areas are having to travel to Port Alfred

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News | 8 September 2023

Half a cabbage is a meal for seven people as hunger grips the Eastern Cape

Gift of the Givers says it’s inundated with calls for help

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News | 7 September 2023

Government responds to report on solitary confinement

Prisoners are held according to the law, writes the Department of Correctional Services spokesperson

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Right to reply | 7 September 2023

300 occupants share one tap and one toilet in Joburg “dark building”

The building’s residents say they need help not eviction

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News | 7 September 2023

Parliament grills NSFAS over student funding failures

The scheme has had more than 170,000 appeals from students about allowance payments

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News | 7 September 2023

Two children were electrocuted here in 2021, but Zone 14 is still waiting for safe electricity

eThekwini municipality says it can’t electricify the shacks because the informal settlement is on private land

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Brief | 7 September 2023

This is what we can do to end the reading crisis

As the November 2023 deadline looms, 70% of public schools still don’t have libraries

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Opinion | 7 September 2023

“System glitch” stalls social grant payments to pensioners

Postbank says problem has mostly been resolved

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News | 6 September 2023

Fire safety review in Cape Town buildings after tragic Johannesburg fire

Ndifuna Ukwazi and Reclaim the City plan to strengthen fire safety protocols in two buildings occupied by activists

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Brief | 6 September 2023

Prisoners are being held for years in solitary confinement

“Under democracy, hundreds and even thousands of inmates have been subjected to these practices” says Judicial Inspectorate report

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News | 6 September 2023