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Four young people from Dube, Soweto are charging local residents R50 per bin to collect household waste after Pickitup stopped collecting in early March 2026.
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Millions of South Africans travelling over Easter could be left without buses as a national strike looms, while Nelson Mandela Bay's Algoa Bus ends its strike.
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The Confederation of African Football has stripped Senegal of the Afcon title, declaring Morocco winners two months after Senegal's players walked off in the final.
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Former KZN agriculture official says the department is ‘corrupt to the core’

Former KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Agriculture Themba Mthembu says the department is captured by farming companies and that officials who fight corruption never finish their term.

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Algoa Bus strike leaves Nelson Mandela Bay families without transport

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Eastern Cape families turn to network marketing as food prices rise

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Cape Town taxi driver starts carwash to make ends meet

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Soweto banker builds fruit garnish business from home kitchen

Katleho Chacha, 28, from Chiawelo in Soweto, launched Mr Bartender in February this year, making dehydrated fruit garnishes for drinks, cakes, tea and healthy snacks.

City Power recovers R1.14 billion through billing fixes and theft crackdown

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Floods cut off camps and close roads in northern Kruger

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