Murder, rape and torture by police officers. Did IPID even investigate?: IPID used a category called “special closure” to close hundreds of such cases
Source: GroundUp News.
Eastern Cape karate champ has no sponsors to get to world tournament: Litha Mtalalisi needs R20,000 to join the SA team going to Kazakhstan
Source: GroundUp News.
Site C residents demand a police station: “We had a mobile police station about three years ago, which disappeared a year ago”
Source: GroundUp News.
Dams empty in Eastern Cape: The Gcuwa and all dams supplying Butterworth and surrounding areas are dry
Source: GroundUp News.
Silver lining to Dusi pollution calamity?: Durban-Pietermaritzburg river pollution is a microcosm of nationwide water pollution control failures
Source: GroundUp News.
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