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Sun, 27 Mar 2022 07:00:00 +0000‘My child would still be alive’ if that dam at the mine wasn’t there
The drowning of 10-year-old Mapula Raleholi is the latest in a series at mining sites in Gauteng
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Sat, 26 Mar 2022 12:19:02 +0000The Continent — Issue 79, March 19 2022
Looking for the latest issue of The Continent? You’ll find it here.
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Sat, 26 Mar 2022 12:00:00 +0000‘Rhino bond’ charges onto markets to save South African animals
Investors will see returns if the critically endangered rhino population increases in two designated South African parks
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Sat, 26 Mar 2022 07:00:00 +0000Anglo knew for decades about lead poisoning at Zambia mine, lawyers say
The blood lead levels (BLLs) in children living near the world’s biggest lead mine in Zambia have been present for generations and have caused cognitive impairment in a large proportion of the population. People’s blood lead levels in the distri...
Fri, 25 Mar 2022 17:00:00 +0000Zikalala attacks the judiciary to woo ANC’s ‘radical economic transformation’ faction
The KwaZulu-Natal premier and ANC provincial chairperson appears to have his eye on the national and provincial conferences later this year
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Fri, 25 Mar 2022 13:49:13 +0000Human Rights Commission clears Brackenfell High School of racism
The commission has found that the school did not host a ‘whites only’ matric ball as has been alleged.
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Fri, 25 Mar 2022 13:00:00 +0000Excluded from the economy, but ‘women work all the time’
More women than men are unemployed, partly because they are engaged in unpaid labour: caregiving, cooking and cleaning
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Fri, 25 Mar 2022 12:38:38 +0000Nominations for the Mail & Guardian’s 200 Young South Africans 2022
If you have not yet nominated a colleague, friend, yourself or a worthy youth-led project, now you can.
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Fri, 25 Mar 2022 12:00:00 +0000Why new laws on violence against women are doomed to fail
More legislation will not protect women when the police cannot, researchers say, following the proclamation of amendments to gender-based violence laws
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Fri, 25 Mar 2022 10:14:49 +0000Zuma faces having his pension attached as state moves to recover millions
The former president faces summons after he failed to heed a letter of demand for R18-million in legal fees that the supreme court ordered him to repay to the state
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