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Painting, knitting and cooking: Mandela Day brings people together

Activities ranged from painting an animal clinic, knitting for charity and taking free health services to the doorsteps of elderly people

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News | 18 July 2023

Which parts of Metrorail are still closed?

Although some lines have reopened thousands of commuters still have no train service

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Brief | 3 July 2023

Video: River cuts off Citrusdal

Citrusdal residents have been isolated in their town since Wednesday evening after flooding cut off access to the Cederberg town. Some residents are stranded outside with no way to return to their homes.

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News | 17 June 2023

In photos: Citrusdal cut off from the world

Road into town collapses in flood. Officials are trying to access the town from gravel roads.

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Photo Essay | 16 June 2023

Former transport minister should be suspended says Parliament’s ethics committee

Joe Maswanganyi “failed to understand his role as the Minister of Transport”

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News | 15 June 2023

Black Sash petitions social development minister to oversee SASSA

The civil society organisation lists numerous issues with social grant payments it says need to be addressed urgently

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Brief | 14 June 2023

“Tough blow” for sex workers as decrim bill delayed

“It’s clear we’re not going to achieve decrim in 2024” say activist

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News | 7 June 2023

R3.05 per child: Eastern Cape school battles to feed learners

“It is not always possible to put the stipulated meal on the learners’ plates” says principal

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News | 6 June 2023

Animal welfare organisations celebrate resumption of Lottery funding

The National Lotteries Commission had withdrawn funding for animal welfare in 2022/23

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News | 29 May 2023

Families face eviction from the land they’ve farmed for generations

Housing Development Agency wants to use the land in Malmesbury for development

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News | 25 May 2023

Government criticised for blaming Covid for the country’s literacy crisis

Department of basic education needs to take responsibility for “devastating” literacy rates, say opposition and civil society

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News | 23 May 2023

SA’s children have lost a decade of reading progress, study shows

International study confirms that eight out of ten grade 4 learners still can’t read for meaning

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News | 17 May 2023

Protesters from Khoisan occupation picket on N2

Knoflokskraal residents want to be allowed to repair their homes and be allowed to farm the land.

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News | 15 May 2023

Revealed: how Angie Motshekga’s reading plan failed SA’s children

President Ramaphosa announced a “massive reading campaign” in 2019. It never got off the ground.

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Feature | 10 May 2023

Postbank introduces new cardless payment for social grants

But concern raised about how Postbank will handle these new payment methods

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Brief | 26 April 2023