The City of Cape Town defended its decision to rezone a portion of land for housing upgrades in Gugulethu, as angry residents cordoned off a section of the suburb with burning barricades on Wednesday. ”The intent of the project is to upgrade the informal settlement on the land by subdividing[…]
The NGO, Black Sash says it will continue fighting for the rights of the poor following the ruling of the High Court in Pretoria which allows deductions from social grants recipients. The court ruled that amendments to regulations governing the payment of social grants should not prevent deductions from being[…]
At 16:16 Wednesday afternoon cheery cries of “Malibongwe!” rose from ANC benches, and a few groans from the opposition benches, as Malusi Gigaba stood up to address the National Assembly as finance minister for the first time. He started to speak, but not a squeak could be heard over the[…]
The SRC at the University of Stellenbosch says they will use its surveillance systems to locate and identify the perpetrator who placed “New Right” posters around the main campus. The posters‚ inscribed with the name “The Anglo Afrikaner Student” and slogan “Fight for Stellenbosch”‚ advertised a meeting at a university[…]
Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini has told MPs that more than 50 000 grant beneficiary complaints were incomplete as they were still waiting for affidavits from complainants. Dlamini told the National Council of Provinces on Tuesday that the South African Social Security Agency had received 95 429 disputes from grant[…]
One of four men initially arrested for raping and killing teenager Franziska Blöchliger is expected to appear in the Western Cape High Court on Wednesday. Howard Oliver, Jonathan Jonas, and two others originally faced charges of murder, rape and robbery for allegedly beating, raping, and strangling the 16-year-old in Tokai[…]
Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille says saving water in the province should be a collective effort among residents, business and government. She was addressing the business sector on the water situation in the Western Cape on Tuesday night as dam levels stand at only 20 percent with about ten[…]
Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini has told MPs that more than 50 000 grant beneficiary complaints were incomplete as they were still waiting for affidavits from complainants. Dlamini told the National Council of Provinces on Tuesday that the South African Social Security Agency had received 95 429 disputes from grant[…]
Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille says saving water in the province should be a collective effort among residents, business and government. She was addressing the business sector on the water situation in the Western Cape on Tuesday night as dam levels stand at only 20 percent with about ten[…]
ANC in the North West province says it will assist the family of a teenager allegedly killed by two farmers in Coligny, to have a review of the decision by court to grant Pieter Dorewaard and Philip Schutte bail. The announcement by the party follows those by civic organisation, Sanco[…]
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