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Joburg can’t manage money, so guess who’s stuck waiting

Steve Mahumane has waited eight months for a broken transformer, and National Treasury just froze part of Johannesburg's funding over financial mismanagement.
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King Misuzulu kaZwelithini has removed Prince Thulani Zulu as his spokesperson, after Thulani questioned the King meeting President Cyril Ramaphosa without the full royal entourage.
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Basia Michaels says Mbekezeli Mbokazi’s value has jumped since his World Cup rise, but his next move must be right.
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The Constitutional Court ruled asylum seekers cannot be denied a hearing for missing paperwork or deadlines. Undocumented migrants who are not seeking asylum are not covered by this ruling.

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Green energy jobs vanish once construction ends

South Africa's renewable energy industry has created tens of thousands of jobs, but most disappear once projects move from construction to operation, raising concerns about long-term employment.

LootLove won the award last year, now she is hosting it

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Fingerprint checks may be blocking your child’s grant money

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Shinga loses count of how many times the NFP has fired her

The National Freedom Party has expelled KZN social development MEC Mbali Shinga for the third time, days after a court overturned that expulsion in June.

‘Cat’ Matlala’s three dates are locked in, and none of them are good

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Garbage piles up as Johannesburg runs out of trucks and landfill space

Johannesburg residents are drowning in rubbish as broken trucks, a workers' strike and overflowing landfill sites bring waste collection close to collapse.

Taxi group sidelines foreign drivers as tensions rise

One of Johannesburg's biggest taxi associations has ordered foreign drivers to stop operating until further notice as tensions over immigration continue.