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These are some of the communal toilets where nearly 600 families live at Barcelona Two temporary relocation area in Lamontville, Durban. Residents say only eight of these toilets are functional. Photos: Manqulo Nyakombi People living in about 600 units at Barcelona Two temporary relocation area in Lamontville, Durban, have had to share eight portable toilets. Residents say … [Read more...] about Nearly 600 families at a temporary relocation area in Durban share eight toilets

Musician Giboh Pearson survived the floods caused by Cyclone Freddy by climbing a mango tree. Photos: supplied Like many others, Watson Kapalamula and his children and Malawian musician Giboh Pearson survived the floods this week by taking refuge in trees. “By the grace of God we survived by climbing into the trees,” said Pearson. The floods from the longest cyclone on record, … [Read more...] about Mango tree saves top Malawian musician from death in floods

A technical team at Nyanga station tests that all is in order before the line opens on Monday. Photos: Tariro Washinyira Cape Town’s Central railway line, closed since 2019, is to partly re-open on Monday, says the Passenger Rail Agency of SA. Trains will run only from Nyanga to Maitland, stopping at all stations except Netreg which is still being rebuilt. For now, passengers … [Read more...] about At last PRASA partly opens Cape Town’s Central Line

Is this man in sunglasses Thabo Bester, photographed in Sandton on 30 June 2022? GroundUp has blocked out a child and the faces of other people in the photo. Photo supplied Photos from June 2022 show a man who looks like convicted rapist and murderer Thabo Bester shopping in Sandton City. Bester was thought to have died in a fire in his prison cell at Mangaung private prison … [Read more...] about Man resembling Thabo Bester spotted in Sandton, nearly two months after his supposed death in prison fire