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SASSA’s plans to shorten queues and improve grant payment system

About 1.4-million people still need to replace their SASSA cards before the deadline on Thursday

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News | 14 March 2025

PRASA rail theft case: defence seeks to discredit state witness

Case about track that was stolen in 2012 set to continue in June, more than 12 years later

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News | 14 March 2025

The “biggest trout farm in Africa” and the failed R5,000 community fund

Lesotho Highlands aquaculture project offers little in return for its licence

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News | 14 March 2025

Long-suffering Durban residents could wait years for end to water crisis

Finance Minister on Wednesday said construction of Mkhomazi Water Project, which includes a new dam, will only start in November 2027

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News | 14 March 2025

How a Durban company came to illegally remove a railway line in the Eastern Cape

General manager says they were duped by then Western Cape regional manager Mthuthuzeli Swartz and businessman Nadir Mohiudeen

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News | 13 March 2025

Raw sewage is running into the Kruger park from Limpopo town

Phalaborwa residents lay criminal charges against local municipalities to try to end their sewerage problems

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News | 13 March 2025

Budget: Social grants to increase and VAT goes up

Finance minister announces above-inflation grant increases

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News | 12 March 2025

Settlement reached in African Penguin case

Government, environmental groups and fishing industry agree to new no-fishing zones around penguin breeding grounds

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News | 12 March 2025

Former PRASA boss pleads not guilty to stealing railway line

Mthuthuzeli Swartz and his co-accused plead after six years of court delays

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News | 12 March 2025

Construction of homes for Bishopscourt land claimants set to begin

Displaced community received 12-hectares of prime property in affluent Cape Town suburb

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News | 12 March 2025

Housing project grinds to a halt over payment dispute

Contractor is taking Matatiele Local Municipality to court over unpaid fees

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News | 11 March 2025

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

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

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

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

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