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Inmates at St Albans Correctional Centre say they are at risk after weeks of exposure to a discoloured, foul-smelling water supply
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St Albans inmates raise concerns about water quality amid illness reports

Nearly 1,000 inmates at St Albans Correctional Centre may have been exposed to potentially unsafe drinking water, with some reporting diarrhoea, vomiting and stomach pain amid allegations that discoloured, foul-smelling water is being…

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Simphiwe Hobanie of Shasha's Security Company assists the disabled man in KwaNobuhle, Kariega
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Frail KwaNobuhle man's living hell

A frail 35-year-old disabled man has been found inside a cold, leaking shack in KwaNobuhle, prompting a community intervention and calls for specialised institutional care.

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Family members and friends attended the first day of the inquest into the deaths of the Pebco Three on Monday. From left at the Gqeberha high court are Nombeko Godolozi, Rita Galela, Mandisa Hashe and Nomtombi Nama
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Pebco Three inquest hears sole surviving suspect suffers from dementia

The reopened inquest into the 1985 murders of the Pebco Three has begun in the Gqeberha High Court, opening with expert testimony on the mental fitness of sole surviving suspect Joe Mamasela.

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The notice displayed outside La Gardi shop in Parkside in 2023
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Bay businessman guilty of hate speech over sign targeting gay community

The Equality Court has ordered Gqeberha shop owner Dawood Lagardien to pay R200,000 in damages and issue a public apology for barring LGBTQIA+ individuals from his business and administering a harmful WhatsApp group.

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South African lawyer and champion of international law Navi Pillay is pictured after she was awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, on October 9, 2026 at the historic Courtroom 600 of Nuremberg's Palace of Justice, venue of the 1945-1946 Nuremberg Trials against leaders of defeated Nazi Germany, in Nuremberg, southern Germany, where she was attending the Nuremberg Forum 2026 conference of the International Nuremberg Principles Academy. The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to South Africa's Navi Pillay, the judge who headed the Rwanda genocide tribunal and who last year presided over a UN commission which accused Israel of genocide in Gaza. Pillay, currently a judge on the International Court of Justice in a case where Myanmar also stands accused of genocide, has been "instrumental in ensuring that war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide are prosecuted," said Jorgen Watne Frydnes, the chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee in Oslo.
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SA's Navi Pillay wins Nobel Peace Prize, dedicates award to survivors of international crimes

South African jurist and human rights champion Navi Pillay has won the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for her dedicated fight against war crimes and genocide, dedicating the honour to survivors of international atrocities amid widespread praise…

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