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WEB1 day ago · By Marecia Damons. News | 10 September 2024. Only nine of 55 villages get water from controversial multi-billion rand project. Deputy President Paul Mashatile promises that by November a dozen more villages would get tap water via the Giyani Water Project. By Bernard Chiguvare. News | 9 September 2024.
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South Africa needs to spend an extra R535-billion a year to meet ...
WEBDec 6, 2023 · South Africa will have to up its climate financing to R535-billion to meet the goals set by the government in terms of the 2016 Paris agreement, a new report has found. The report, launched by the Presidential Climate Commission, tracked private and public investments made between 2019 and 2021. It found …
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WEBSep 12, 2024 · Free State mayor’s mystery 7,000 km journey. Invoices suggest Nketoana mayor spent R100,000 on a rented car in a single month. GroundUp publishes original public interest news. We mainly cover education, health, sanitation, immigration and …
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WEBAug 28, 2024 · Huge march to Parliament for better schools. Presidency and Department of Basic Education commit to respond to demands by Equal Education. GroundUp publishes original public interest news. We mainly cover education, health, sanitation, immigration and human rights stories.
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WEB23 hours ago · Housing bungle in Eastern Cape. Hundreds of houses stand empty with no roofs. By Tsoanelo Sefoloko. Brief | 13 August 2024. 1 of 155. next. last. GroundUp publishes original public interest news. We mainly cover education, health, sanitation, immigration and human rights stories.
Joburg can no longer rely on its water supply | GroundUp
WEBSep 10, 2021 · According to Johannesburg Water spokesperson Eleanor Mavimbela, the water supply to the South Hills tower was interrupted because Rand Water, the bulk water supplier in Gauteng, had a power supply issue at their Zuikerbosch purification works on 26 August. This affected their Palmiet pump station that feeds the Meyers Hill reservoir.
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WEBZuma’s attack on the media won’t work. We stand with Karyn Maughan. By GroundUp Editors. GroundView | 23 March 2023. Ronald Lamola’s promise to protect whistleblowers is good news. Especially coming from him. The Minister of Justice’s former law firm has represented the National Lotteries Commission against whistleblowers.
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WEB1 day ago · Security guards picket at Groote Schuur Hospital. The striking workers claim they have been paid late two months in a row. GroundUp publishes original public interest news. We mainly cover education, health, sanitation, immigration and human rights stories.
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WEBRescue on the beach: Easy-to-use devices placed on popular beaches could save lives. Automated External Defibrillators and simple airway devices can be used by bystanders to help victims of cardiac arrest and drowning. GroundUp publishes original public interest news. We mainly cover education, health, sanitation, immigration and human rights ...
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