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Budget 2026: Godongwana takes aim at badly-run municipalities

Finance Minister warns budgets will be cut if performance targets are not met

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News | 25 February 2026

Budget 2026: Ten takeaways from Godongwana’s speech

Minister of Finance paints an optimistic picture

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News | 25 February 2026

Budget 2026: Social grants to go up in April

Increases are slightly more than inflation

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News | 25 February 2026

Budget 2026: civil society groups call for a R1,750-a-month social grant

“The government needs to tax the rich”

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News | 24 February 2026

Fire victims stuck as housing plans fall through

Families in Doornbach settlement in Cape Town are still waiting for emergency housing, six weeks after the fire

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News | 24 February 2026

Lottery crook fails to get his pension back

Phillemon Letwaba’s bid to unfreeze his pension has been dismissed

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News | 24 February 2026

Labour Court refuses to enforce school principal’s reinstatement

Judge finds no “exceptional circumstances” to justify Wesley Neumann’s immediate return to Heathfield High

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News | 24 February 2026

Damning probe into Home Affairs names “Prophet” Bushiri

Corrupt officials made millions selling permanent residency permits

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News | 23 February 2026

Municipality changes tune after video shows Ensure guards beating man

For months, the Denis Hurley Centre has been alerting officials to complaints about the security company

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News | 23 February 2026