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According to a survey, 85% of managers reported that their clinics faced staffing shortages, though only one in five blamed these on the US President’s Emergency Plan For Aids Relief cuts

Clinics short-staffed after Pepfar funding cuts

According to a survey, 85% of managers reported that their clinics faced staffing shortages, though only one in five blamed these on the US President’s Emergency Plan For Aids…

Hundreds of #UniteBehind supporters sat in a marquee outside Parliament on Tuesday. Imam Rashied Omar told the protesters that they were gathering as citizens who love their country dearly and will not stand by while “corruption robs our children of their future”. He said that Parliament’s code of conduct is a “shield for corruption”.

Parliament sued for letting corrupt MPs off the hook

The case dates back to 2022, when activist group #UniteBehind laid complaints in terms of parliament’s code of conduct against six ANC MPs implicated in state capture

The Richtersveld Desert Botanical Garden, a first of its kind in South Africa, opened its doors in August. It aims to be a living bank of the endangered and threatened plant species in the region. (All photos by Ashraf Hendricks)
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How a desert garden is saving the Northern Cape’s endangered plants

Endangered succulents in the Richtersveld have been given a lifeline from poaching, mining, overgrazing, and climate change

Former SAPS official Captain Karel Coetzee Du Toit is one of the accused. Du Toit served as the commander of the Stock Theft Unit in Springbok. (Photos: Ashraf Hendricks)

Police officers, botanist accused in poaching fraud case

Officer who headed endangered species unit says it’s a ‘wild-goose chase’

Eric van Rooy has lived in Wupperthal most of his life. (All photos by Ashraf Hendricks)

The Western Cape’s Wupperthal is so safe that you can sleep on your stoep

But jobs are scarce in this small Cederberg mission town

Iron ore is transported to the Transnet port terminal by rail from Sishen in the Northern Cape. Photos: Ashraf Hendricks

Saldanha Bay residents say red dust from Transnet’s ore terminal is staining their homes

But Transnet says the dust falls below legal limits

An internal audit document from 2023 on the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro Municipality’s street light supply and maintenance tenders revealed a flawed supply chain management process. (Archived photo by Mary-Anne Gontsana)

Nelson Mandela Bay faces SIU probe over dodgy street light tenders

An internal report shows that the municipality bungled two tenders related to street lights, one of which exceeded its budgeted amount by R24 million

Sean Christie (left) and James Human competed in the 100kg masters men left-handed division of the National Arm-wrestling Championships in Paarl at the weekend. (All photos by Ashraf Hendricks)

Muscles, momentum as national arm-wrestling champs dominate Klein Parys vineyards

In the Western Cape, the sport is finally catching up with Gauteng, and is also attracting more female competitors

Sasol makes global CO2 emissions blacklist

The company is among 57 in the world responsible for 80% of carbon dioxide emissions

Fishing companies take Creecy to court over quotas

The Fishing Rights Allocation Process was ‘rushed and haphazardly allocated’ says lawyer

Flowers bloom in a graveyard in Vredendal. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks

LOOK: Namaqualand is a blooming beauty

A researcher has found that the wildflowers, a popular tourist attraction, are blooming earlier each decade

The Judicial Conduct Tribunal will consider the allegations again Judge Tintswalo Annah Nana Makhubele’s on 1 August. Archive photo: Masego Mafata

Judge wants her conduct tribunal postponed because of payment delay

Commuter activist organisation #UniteBehind has laid a complaint of misconduct when Judge Tintswalo Annah Nana Makhubele took up the post of Gauteng high court judge and…