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The Western Cape government has issued retroactive environmental authorisation for a dam project undertaken eight years ago ...

About 100 school girls, between 10 and 14 years old, marched through the streets of Nquthu in KwaZulu-Natal to demand better ...

Leeuwfontein home owners want their neighbourhood to be made a formal part of the city so that they can get water and ...

The second marriage was invalid and unlawful because NRM did not consent to it, Judge Ratshibvumo ruled. He ordered the ...

Heritage approval granted, but funding is uncertain and informal settlement families still need to be relocated ...

Last year, the Nelson Mandela University senate unanimously supported a call for a ceasefire in Gaza, and effectively an ...

The court had ruled in February 2025 that the officers should not have been suspended without a pre-suspension hearing and that it was therefore unlawful. Acting Judge Mzamo Nobatana on Thursday ...

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The Khayelitsha Security and Cleaning Association claim they’ve convinced Shoprite to broker a deal with their members’ companies ...

Nevertheless, water labelled as Zamzam is sold in South Africa - at high prices. For example, a standard 500ml bottle of ...

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