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South Africa should have a comprehensive national plan to deal with the increasing number of shack fires which continue to claim many lives and cause serious injuries to people...
Leon Louw
In this article, Leon Louw, takes a closer look at the challenges related to providing low-cost housing, known as ‘RDP houses’, to black South Africans
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In this article, the author takes a close look at challenges facing local governments in South Africa, including service delivery protests, and possible causes and solutions to these challenges
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Mining operations continue to play an integral part in the development of the South African economic and political landscape. However, they have brought ‘immense’ wealth to some, but at the price of extensive ecological damage
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The recent floods that swept across South Africa have a negative impact on agriculture. The floods, which claimed over a 100 lives, left 33 municipalities declared disaster areas, thousands of houses damaged, farmers agonising from crop damage, has the potential to push food prices higher
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