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- Joburg residents line the streets and cheer army deployment
A convoy of South African National Defence Force, military police and SAPS move through Eldorado Park, Riverlea and Westbury Read more » - In photos: how Cape Town beat the heat
Frolicking at the beach, long trips to fill water containers, and children cooling down in Philippi Read more » - Langa learners escape the heat in their “pocket forest”
Siyabulela Primary School learners can escape their sweltering classrooms Read more » - Tongaat: A ticking time bomb set to go off in April
The company’s mills must open soon for the sugarcane harvest, but its bank accounts are frozen Read more » - Eastern Cape pensioners must give back the road grader they seized, court rules
Ugie villagers took control of the vehicle to protest against the municipality’s failure to fix roads Read more » - This Durban swimming pool has been in ruins for 10 years
The eThekwini municipality says renovations to the Newlands swimming pool will be completed by December 2026 Read more » - Volunteers turn derelict historic building into a thriving community centre
A 19th-century Cape Dutch homestead in Cape Town has been revived through a partnership between SAHRA and volunteers Read more » - Limpopo village without water after heavy floods wash away pipes
Residents have struggled to access water for almost two months Read more » - Work on Eastern Cape clinic stalled because health department didn’t pay the builder
Patients have to queue in the rain outside a temporary clinic Read more » - Pollution is killing Gauteng’s fresh water sources
Failing sewage systems, rapid urbanisation and industrial pollution have turned Gauteng’s rivers into an environmental and public health problem Read more »
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