Brief

Equal Education takes education department to court over unplaced learners

EE says learners’ constitutional rights have been infringed

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Brief | 29 April 2024

14 years after court order, government starts building special school in Makhanda

Amasango Career School’s permanent premises to be completed by 2027

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Brief | 29 April 2024

Jo’burg building fire survivors march to mayor’s office

Buildings in inner city remain in “complete state of neglect, dilapidation”, says campaign coordinator

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Brief | 26 April 2024

Activists celebrate seven years since High Court ruling against SA nuclear deal

Vigil at Parliament also marked exactly 38 years since Chernobyl Disaster

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Brief | 26 April 2024

Solar lights mean shack dwellers can walk to the toilet at night

About 75 households in Khayelitsha were given solar street lights in a move to make the area safer

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Brief | 26 April 2024

It took a year but Tafelsig’s streetlights are back on

1,000 residents needing help with service inquiries also went to a pop-up service hub hosted by the City

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Brief | 25 April 2024

Hollywood star joins yoga classes for Lavender Hill learners

Lesley-Ann Brandt helped raise money for Levana Primary School

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Brief | 25 April 2024

Judge rules for “road” in legal clash with “toads”

Noordhoek road link in Cape Town to go ahead

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Brief | 24 April 2024

Three Cape Town SAPS officers appear in court for torture of barber

The officers were arrested on Monday, five months after Juma Igiranieza was brutally assaulted at his workplace

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Brief | 23 April 2024

We want reparations before the elections, demand victims of apartheid crime

About 100 pensioners, supported by the Khulumani Support Group, picketed outside Parliament on Tuesday

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Brief | 23 April 2024

Mpumalanga villagers trek 3km for drinking water

People in Tweefontein Extension N say piped water has been promised since 2017

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Brief | 23 April 2024

Scrap electricity tariff hikes, demand Durban residents

Public comment on increases for ratepayers in eThekwini closed on Friday

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Brief | 22 April 2024

Power outage sparks days of protest in Joburg

Protests started on Tuesday, culminating with major roads to Orlando East, Pennyville, and Noordgesig being blocked on Thursday

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Brief | 19 April 2024

Elandsfontein drowning in sewage and buried by rubble

City of Ekurhuleni has not helped the residents who have reported the issues for nearly a year

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Brief | 19 April 2024

The Big Issue is secure again

After months of uncertainty the magazine has survived a R600,000 cyber theft

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Brief | 18 April 2024

Illegal school in Limpopo closed, but parents ask why it took so long

Parents fear their children have lost years of education and will be held back

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Brief | 18 April 2024