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Lerato Mutsila

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Sep 27, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 27, 2026 · Lerato Mutsila

    17 shot in Joburg, 10 in Cape Town – 2026 mass-killing toll now 196 (opens the original)

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    Since January 2026, at least 196 people have been gunned down in mass shootings in South Africa. Ten people were fatally shot in Cape Town, while 17 were killed in Carletonville, Johannesburg, pointing to a trend of increased mass killings. On the evening of Saturday, 26 September, shots rang out at Dora’s Tavern in Carletonville, Johannesburg, when eight men, armed with AK-47 rifles and pistols, stormed the establishment and opened fire on patrons. The attack resulted in the deaths of 17 peop

  2. Article · Sep 8, 2026 · Lerato Mutsila

    Mpumalanga community speaks out as study links Sasol pollution to 1,000 deaths (opens the original)

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    A report by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air reveals that pollution from Sasol’s Secunda plant can be linked to roughly 1,000 deaths and 260 new childhood asthma cases annually, creating a R19-billion burden on society. Dineo Hoffman, who has lived in Embalenhle for more than 28 years, said that living under the shadow of Sasol Secunda for most of her life meant that, like many of her peers, she pinned her hopes on one day working for the petrochemical giant. “Growing up here,

  3. Article · Sep 1, 2026 · Lerato Mutsila

    Sasol claims innocence as NPA gathers fresh evidence in toxic dumping probe (opens the original)

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    Sasol is mounting a technical defence against allegations of illegal chemical dumping into the Klipspruit River, even as fresh NPA raids signal expanding criminal investigations into Sasol’s Secunda operations. As the scrutiny of Sasol’s operations at its Benfield facilities in Secunda intensifies, SA’s largest petrochemical and chemical manufacturing company continues to maintain its innocence in the face of seven-year-old allegations by a whistleblower that it unlawfully discharged hazar

  4. Article · Aug 21, 2026 · Lerato Mutsila

    Cape Town NPO fights to rebuild after fire halts vital child-focused programmes (opens the original)

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    A husband-and-wife duo are picking up the pieces of a Cape Town community centre after a fire caused extensive damage to the property. While vital after-school and holiday programmes have been suspended, the couple hope to build back better. Lindsey and Darron Nicholson have spent years turning their small farm in Redhill into a place where local children and their families can learn, grow and create sustainable futures for themselves. But early on Tuesday, 21 August 2026, a fire broke out at th

  5. Article · Aug 19, 2026 · Lerato Mutsila

    Activists decry #CancelCoal court battle as threat to young South Africans’ future (opens the original)

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    While the government argued the challenge to its plan to build new power plants was premature and threatens grid security, youth climate leaders maintain that forced coal expansion directly violates children’s constitutional rights and locks the country into unnecessary health and environmental crises. Singing filled the air outside the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in Bloemfontein on Wednesday, 19 August, as activists from the African Climate Alliance, Vukani Environmental Justice Movement in

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