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While most residents agree they desperately need a new hospital, some don’t want to lose a popular sports field ...

Eastern Cape Department of Health says there’s no budget to build a clinic for residents of Sicweza village just outside ...

People in Mamelodi trying to claim their Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) money or to report work-related problems to the Department of Employment and Labour have been left frustrated. This after the ...

More than 300 workers from Premier’s Mister Sweet branch in Germiston will return to work on 11 November, after negotiations on Friday brought their 11-week strike to an end. The Simunye Workers Forum ...

This is an edited version of a speech delivered by Geoff Budlender which was held in honour of 45 years of the Legal Resources Centre (LRC) on Thursday night. Budlender was presented with the fourth ...

Over 23,000 delegates attended the 16th Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP16) in South ...

Parents in Eldorado Park in Johannesburg want an official probe into delays in the rebuilding of Nancefield Primary School. They say a construction “mafia” is delaying the project, which has been ...

A KwaZulu-Natal magistrate has recused himself in mid-hearing of an extradition case. This was after Interpol insisted on interviewing him in connection with the case, making him a potential witness.

The Gauteng Care Crisis Committee, a voluntary association of non-profit organisations, on Wednesday, told Parliament’s social development portfolio committee that organisations that receive ...

The South African Weather Service’s computer equipment is obsolete, out of warranty, and spare parts are unavailable, leaving the vital service extremely vulnerable to failure. A leaked report reveals ...