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ActionSA filed complaints against the City of Tshwane and its former mayor, Randall Williams, with the Public Protector and the SA Human Rights Commission on Tuesday. This after 15 fatalities were confirmed by the health department on Monday.

The cholera outbreak has killed 15 people so far in Hammanskraal, Tshwane, where water issues have long been used as a campaigning tool by political parties to gain votes and control in the metro. But to date, clean and safe water supply to Hammanskraal residents has been elusive. We take you through a timeline of Hammanskraal’s issues, what key political parties and leaders committed to and what they have done.

A recent tender for pneumococcal vaccinations, which Biovac manufactures locally, was awarded to a foreign supplier to provide a cheaper vaccine that is not as effective as the locally made vaccine that newborns have been receiving to date.

The Makhanda high court has confirmed a restraining order totalling R165m in assets and money against Amathole district municipality officials and businesses facing a raft of charges over a R600m sanitation project.

The Makhanda high court has confirmed a restraining order totalling R165m in assets and money against Amathole district municipality officials and businesses facing a raft of charges over a R600m sanitation project.

Energy minister Gwede Mantashe says the government has the appetite to endure setbacks and pushback against deal.

It is no secret that both Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates are in the market to bolster their striking ranks ahead of next season.

South Africa has been using HIV rapid diagnostic tests (fingerprick, same-day testing) for years. Now, the Health Department has decided to align with the World Health Organization’s recommendation of a new three-test algorithm to ensure accuracy of results. René Sparks unpacks why this is important.

Sophie Williams, director of Mountain and Valleys Ministries offered shelter to the refugees.