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SITUATION RESOLVED: SPCA admin manager Forbes Coutts conveyed dead animals to Ndlambe Municipality’s Civic Centre offices last Friday, but ultimately did not have to carry out his threat to leave the carcasses there in an effort to highlight the SPCA’s desperate need for the municipal TLB to dig trenches for graves Picture: JON HOUZET
ANIMALS

Helping with the small things

It is much rarer than one might think, that the media can actually effect positive action from a ruling authority. Despite years of intense coverage of seemingly endless corruption in government at all levels in South Africa, nothing has…

  • Jon Houzet
University of Pretoria academic Prof Matthys Dippenaar has appealed to municipalities to monitor groundwater close to cemeteries. Image: Guillem Sartorio/AFP
BURIELS

Academic warns of groundwater pollution from cemeteries when Covid-19 deaths surge

University of Pretoria (UP) academic Prof Matthys Dippenaar has appealed to municipalities to monitor groundwater close to cemeteries as tens of thousands of Covid-19-related deaths are forecast in SA over the next few months. “As the…

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NAMELESS HORRORS Johannesburg’s municipal workers bury the coffin of an unidentified body at the Olifantsvlei Cemetery.Picture: Guillem Sartorio/AFP
CEMETERIES AND CREMATORIA

SA cities prepare for mass graves as Covid-19 death toll climbs

The Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg metros are making plans for a possible flood of deaths As SA’s Covid-19 death toll rose to 25 at the weekend – with health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize still warning about a calm before the storm –…

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ANC CAUCUS

Ndlambe ANC caucus condemns actions by EFF

IN a strongly-worded statement on behalf of the ANC caucus in Ndlambe, chief whip Andile Marasi condemned the actions taken by the EFF when protesting on Monday. “We find ourselves at a critical time in the history of our country, in the…

  • Rob Knowles