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We cannot afford to scrap R10-billion budget for Early Childhood Development

February’s postponed budget speech would have announced increased ECD subsidies

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Opinion | 11 March 2025

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Home Affairs urges villagers to travel to collect IDs – and then turns them away

“What frustrates me most is that these people came to us, begging us to apply for these IDs that we don’t even need”

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News | 10 March 2025

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Police mum on Muhsin Hendricks murder investigation

Memorial held at Open Mosque in Wynberg at the weekend

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News | 10 March 2025

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Here’s how a disabled person spent their grant

We spent time with 31-year-old Khanyo Mantshi from Khayelitsha who says his grant falls short of his needs

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News | 10 March 2025

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People living in abandoned Cape Town building face eviction

About 30 people have been living in 104 Darling Street for more than two decades

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Photo Essay | 10 March 2025

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Allegations of fraudulent payments amounting to billions at PRASA

A whistleblower report containing damning allegations is to be investigated

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News | 8 March 2025

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No street light tender in Kariega

Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality officials commit to new tender at community meeting

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News | 7 March 2025

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How gun control can save women’s lives

Poor enforcement of gun control measures and increasing firearm ownership correlate directly with more women dying

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Opinion | 7 March 2025

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COSAS marches on education department and calls for minister to resign

Raft of demands handed over

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Brief | 7 March 2025

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Immigrant spaza shop owners battle to meet registration deadline

Problems with documents from Home Affairs affect shop owners’ ability to comply with President Ramaphosa’s announcement about food outlets

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News | 7 March 2025

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Renowned cartoonist to move to Cape Town to finish his life’s work

Mogorosi Motshumi is finishing two graphic books

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News | 7 March 2025

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Minister issues tender for 12-month temporary lottery licence

Critics say this favours Ithuba, the current operator

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News | 6 March 2025

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Slow systems delay switch to new social grant card

Postbank acknowledges that completing the card transition before 20 March deadline is unlikely

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News | 6 March 2025

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Elon Musk is trying to do business in Lesotho, the country Donald Trump says “nobody has ever heard of”

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News | 6 March 2025

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My five-hour wait for treatment at Mamelodi hospital

Gauteng Health MEC has said Mamelodi Regional Hospital meets National Health Insurance standards, but my experience was not good

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News | 6 March 2025

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Benoni pensioners ask City to scrap millions of rands of debt

City of Ekurhuleni says Actonville rental tenants collectively owe R33-million

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