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BOLD RESET FOR SEX WORK LAWS
SOUTH Africa is on the verge of removing criminal penalties from sex work; a move that could fundamentally reshape policing, public health, and gender-based violence policy. The Justice Department has confirmed that a draft bill aimed at...
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Tragic outcome for conjoined twin after historic separation surgery in Limpopo
LIMPOPO Premier Dr Phophi Ramathuba has confirmed that one of the conjoined twin boys who underwent a “historic” separation surgery in March at a rural hospital in the province has died from organ failure. Ramathuba made the announcement during a...
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April fuel hike set to hit hard
THE dark clouds of economic hardship are gathering as the Us/israeli war on Iran continues unabated with the resultant oil price increase about to impact almost everything in the SA economy. Such is the concern that Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana...
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FAKE NEWS FUELS PANIC
FAKE news has amplified South Africa’s growing fuel anxiety, drawing in a respected academic and hitting households already under pressure. Professor Brian Figaji, Chancellor of the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, fell victim to one of many...
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DOUBT MARCHES ON AS ARMY HITS GAUTENG
CONVOYS of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) rolled through Gauteng streets this week, with children climbing into armoured vehicles for photos and adults clapping and waving at soldiers patrolling Eldorado Park and Westbury. Yesterday,...
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WAR HITS HOME AS S AFRICANS FEEL THE PINCH
THOUGH the conflict between the US, Israel, and Iran is happening thousands of kilometres away, South Africans are already paying the price. Last night, Brent crude hit the $90-a-barrel mark - the highest in nearly two years - pushing diesel prices up...
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GROCERY SHOPS ARE MAKING YOU FAT
YOU are what you eat - and in South Africa, the country’s biggest supermarkets are pushing unhealthy options, shaping diets at home and risking a continent-wide obesity crisis as their influence spreads across Africa. South Africans now have an adult...
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GAUTENG MURDERS FALL, HEISTS RISE
WHILE Gauteng saw decreases in several major crime categories this quarter, including murders and contact crimes, certain serious offences such as attempted murder and cash-in-transit heists remain on the rise. Acting Police Minister Professor Firoz...
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SONA PROMISES: ‘DOESN’T HOLD WATER’
AS PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa warned in his State of the Nation Address that water shortages are becoming a national crisis, Johannesburg residents spent the week protesting prolonged outages and demanding urgent intervention. Across several suburbs,...
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HEAT, HUNGER AND HOPE
NEARLY 4.4 million South Africans over 16 have never received a green barcoded or smart ID card, a crisis reflected in the long queues snaking outside Home Affairs offices across the country this week. From Durban to Cape Town, applicants wait hours...
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LURED BY JOBS, FORCED INTO CRIME
SOUTH Africa’s youth unemployment crisis is quietly fuelling an international cyber-slavery economy. With youth unemployment sitting at 46.1 percent, desperate young people are being lured by promises of lucrative jobs abroad, only to find themselves...
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‘They turned my pain into content’
THE mother of Buhle Radebe, widely referred to on social media as the “Lady in Red” after she was filmed crying uncontrollably at the scene of the Vanderbijlpark crash that killed 14 pupils, has broken her silence, describing her daughter as a devoted...
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SATURDAYSTA SWALLOWED
EMERGENCY services remain on high alert in Mpumalanga and Limpopo this weekend, where the highest Level 10 weather warning is still in place, despite conditions easing in some areas. The death toll from flooding in the two provinces had risen to 19 by...
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