South Africa

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Joburg wheelchair users demand houses

City criticised for sidelining them

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Brief | 8 May 2025

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Lottery workers march in Pretoria

Workers demand higher wages and changes to the way the National Lotteries Commission is run

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News | 8 May 2025

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Homes bulldozed in Roodepoort

City of Joburg says this is not an “eviction” but a “relocation”

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News | 8 May 2025

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Complainant “flirted” with Judge President Mbenenge, tribunal told

Forensic linguist cross-examined by Mbenenge’s lawyer

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Law | 7 May 2025

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We visited SASSA offices. Here’s what we found

People waiting in long queues told us their frustrations

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News | 7 May 2025

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Gauteng welfare organisations worried about late payments

Department of Social Development is improving but problems remain

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News | 7 May 2025

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Chaos in Flagstaff as municipality demolishes homes ‘sold’ by chief

Municipality says property is earmarked for development

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News | 7 May 2025

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Universal access to trains: Metrorail’s empty promises

New trains have spaces for wheelchairs but many stations and platforms are inaccessible

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News | 7 May 2025

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Constitutional Court rules on citizenship

Law which stripped citizenship from South Africans who took another country’s citizenship is unconstitutional

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Law | 6 May 2025

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Judge’s eggplant and banana emojis had “sexual connotations”, tribunal told

Forensic linguist testifies at Judicial Conduct Tribunal

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Law | 6 May 2025

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Constitutional Court says municipal employees can hold office in political parties

In split decision, apex court upholds Labour Court ruling

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Law | 6 May 2025

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District Six families must wait at least three more years to return

Government has not yet secured funding to build the houses

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Feature | 6 May 2025

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Thousands of SASSA grants to be withheld this week

Affected beneficiaries must visit a SASSA office to update their details, or risk having their grants being suspended

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Brief | 6 May 2025

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How US funding cuts are forcing sex workers to share HIV medicines

Sex workers say they are devastated following the closure of US-funded clinics

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News | 6 May 2025

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Families live in limbo on Cape Town’s railway lines

PRASA has been mum for months about relocation plans

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News | 6 May 2025

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No evidence that judge sent penis picture, tribunal hears

But the message could have been deleted

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Law | 5 May 2025