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Community takes action to fix Randburg

The idea is for every business to take care of its immediate surroundings.

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News | 19 September 2025

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Legal Aid helps scores of people, mostly pensioners, for free in Wills Week

The Master of the High Court estimates that more than 70% of working South Africans do not have wills

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News | 20 September 2025

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Chart of the week: Getting guns off the streets

Nearly 22,000 guns were confiscated over the past five years. Almost 7,000 confiscated guns were linked to murder cases.

Text by Zora Hollie. Graph by The Outlier.

Charts | 19 September 2025

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Hundreds protest for climate solutions

Protestors complain of a lack of access to water and electricity, demanding environmentally sustainable solutions

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Brief | 19 September 2025

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Gauteng community’s taps run dry as municipality battles R1.4-billion water debt

The taps in Kokosi, Fochville near Carletonville have been dry for a month after Rand Water implemented water reduction measures against Merafong municipality

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Brief | 18 September 2025

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Appeal court blocks Eskom’s giant Richards Bay power plant

The SCA has set aside the 2019 environmental authorisation for the 3,000MW Richards Bay gas-to-power plant

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Law | 18 September 2025

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Police van crashes into shacks, injures two, and leaves families homeless

The families say SAPS only took their statements a week after the incident

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News | 18 September 2025

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Lottery Commission extends reparations to staff

A dozen people, including whistleblowers, have given evidence of harm suffered under the previous administration

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News | 18 September 2025

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Thousands of municipal workers take to the streets in Buffalo City, despite interdict

Roads around the city barricaded with burning tyres, but SAMWU denies its members were involved

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Brief | 17 September 2025

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Commuters scramble as 30-day taxi shutdown begins

Ten routes from Khayelitsha to Somerset West suspended amid escalating violence

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News | 17 September 2025

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Explosive letter from PRASA “board member” claims tenders are being rigged

Anonymous letter calls for action from Minister of Transport Barbara Creecy

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News | 17 September 2025

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Joburg landfill closure threatens 140 livelihoods

Pikitup has temporarily stopped accepting domestic waste at Marie Louise dump

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Photo Essay | 17 September 2025

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Teachers at Eastern Cape school give up their toilet to grade R learners

Jongikhaya teachers and learners share broken pit toilets

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News | 17 September 2025

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Here’s what the government plans to do about plastic pollution

Global Plastic Treaty reached a deadlock in August, but South Africa is pushing ahead with regulations

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Video | 17 September 2025

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Anger over delays at Durban housing project

Families say eThekwini municipality is reneging on its promise to house them at the new flats

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News | 17 September 2025

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Activists march against Shell’s oil exploration

Shell says it has spent over R1-billion and is not responsible for failures in consultations with affected Wild Coast communities

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News | 16 September 2025