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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

In it for the ride: horses offer disabled children a new view of the world

SARDA has been bringing together children and horses for more than 50 years

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News | 29 September 2025

50,000 people and only one ambulance

Five out of six ambulances in the Sundays River Valley Municipality have broken down

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News | 28 September 2025

Thousands march to Parliament calling for end to genocide in Gaza

President Cyril Ramaphosa, addressing the UN in New York, said: “As Palestinians continue to face genocide and famine, we have a duty to act”

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News | 27 September 2025

Staff at this government building have to carry buckets of water to flush toilets

The Public Servants Association is calling on the labour department to intervene

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News | 27 September 2025

How not to build a stadium

Tens of millions have been spent on a stadium in Elim since 2017. It is still not complete.

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News | 26 September 2025

Disabled Ekurhuleni residents given houses without water and electricity

The houses were specifically given to elderly and people with disabilities in Extension 2, Mackenzieville

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News | 26 September 2025