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Dial-a-Ride users struggle with bookings

Cape High Court ordered City of Cape Town to pause plans to cut back on transport service for disabled people

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News | 8 October 2025

Workers take to the streets on World Day for Decent Work

COSATU marches in major cities to highlight corruption, job losses and high cost of living

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News | 7 October 2025

We’re being pushed out, say Kalk Bay fishing families

Massive increase in water bills means they cannot afford to stay

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News | 7 October 2025

Eastern Cape families affected by 2023 floods to wait until next year for houses

Huge housing project launched before the floods is still in initial phase

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News | 7 October 2025

Lesotho families, moved to make way for a dam, lose court battle

20 years after they were displaced by the Mohale Dam, court tells families to share their compensation payout

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News | 7 October 2025

11-year-old killed as police van crashes into shack in Cape Town

Angry residents set van alight

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News | 6 October 2025

Demonstration outside Israeli embassy in support of flotilla activists

Six South Africans are among hundreds of people detained by Israel. They were bringing aid to Gaza.

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News | 3 October 2025

IDT’s school project stalls as costs reach R198-million

Learners of Rivoni School of the Blind were promised a new building in 2019

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News | 3 October 2025

Chaotic start to Gauteng Social Development Department’s 2026 funding cycle

Gauteng DSD abandons new funding applications platform

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News | 2 October 2025

SASSA extends Postbank’s contract by three months

The agreement, which governs how millions of grants are paid, was supposed to lapse on 30 September

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News | 2 October 2025

Legal action looms over Mamelodi Magistrates’ Court construction fiasco

Construction was due to be finished in 2016

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News | 1 October 2025

Mustafa Barghouti and Jeremy Corbyn condemn Trump’s plan for Gaza

The Palestinian politician and British MP spoke at an event in Cape Town on Tuesday

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News | 30 September 2025

JHB reclaimers call for landfill to be reopened

Pikitup has promised it will “come up with solutions” to the Marie Louise landfill over the next week

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News | 30 September 2025

Domestic violence helpline saves lives but it needs public support

The helpline plays a crucial role getting victims of violence swiftly into shelters

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News | 30 September 2025

Judge dismisses Postbank’s attempt to keep social grants contract

Postbank “created its own urgency” by waiting until September to bring the application, the Gauteng High Court ruled. It has known since 2024 that the contract would be terminated this month.

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News | 29 September 2025

Study shows how we can massively improve hypertension treatment

Rather than spend hours at a clinic, patients measured their own blood pressure

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News | 29 September 2025