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The death toll in a fire after the police and army swooped on informal miners in Daggafontein last month has risen to at ...

Drivers participated in a strike on Tuesday and plan further action in the next three months. Photo: Marecia Damons. Drivers ...

More than 200 people from four villages marched to the Eskom offices in Thohoyandou, Limpopo, on Tuesday 17 September, ...

Dozens injured ...

A shopfloor worker at Woolworths would have had to work for almost three years to make as much money as that group’s CEO Roy ...

Department of Co-operative Governance reverses decision to end contracts of about 35,000 employees who also get old age ...

This winter’s heavy rain and strong wind seems to have exposed weaknesses in Cape Town’s electricity grid south of ...

The Browns Farm Public Library in Philippi remains closed more than a year after it was vandalised and looted during destructive protests sparked by the city-wide taxi strike. At the height of the ...

As the story is not over yet, it’s worth looking at what has happened so far and understanding the questions which still have to be answered: On 28 June 2023, the High Court found that the decision by ...

Foreign students must have study visas to pursue their education in South Africa. If he did not have such a document, proof of an application to Home Affairs or a police affidavit may suffice. VFS ...

I am a backyarder on a government property. The person who lived in the main house has had to move to an old age home, so now it stands empty. We have a prepaid electricity meter that can only be ...