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Anxious Zimbabwean migrants, smugglers watch South Africa’s election

Many undocumented Zimbabweans worry about unfavourable changes to South Africa’s immigration policy after May 29 polls.

Al Jazeera · May 15, 2024

Water crisis in South Africa: damning report finds 46% contamination, 67% of treatment works near to breaking down

A new report by South Africa’s Department of Water and Sanitation paints a grim picture of the quality of the country’s drinking water, and its water infrastructure. The Blue Drop Audit Report is meant to ensure that water service authorities are held accountable for providing safe drinking water. The Conversation…

The Conversation · Dec 7, 2023

Claims guards aided killer fake death in S. Africa jailbreak

A parliamentary hearing in South Africa has been told that a man serving a life sentence for murder and rape who escaped from a top-security prison by faking his own burning death likely got warders to help smuggle a corpse into his cell

The Independent UK · Apr 12, 2023

‘Facebook rapist’ escapes from prison and on run after staging his own death

Thabo Bester, who targeted his victims by finding them on Facebook, was found "dead" last May after a burned body was left in his cell - but he was later spotted in shops and restaurants in an upmarket part of Cape Town

Daily Mirror · Mar 28, 2023