105 No changes for existing grants, confirms SASSA amid biometric rollout Katlego Sekhu Image: Nationaldebtadvisors.co.za/ SASSA has announced that biometric enrolment, such as fingerprint or facial recognition, will now be mandatory for…
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Efforts to fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria under threat due to funding cuts
80 Efforts to fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria under threat due to funding cuts Mapaballo Borotho Image | Adobe Stock A Doctors Without Borders (MSF) report warns that global efforts to fight…
Ramaphosa makes admission over ‘copy the DA’ comments
89 Ramaphosa’s comments have been seen as an own goal by the DA. President Cyril Ramaphosa has moved to douse the flames of controversy over his instruction to ANC councillors to learn…
Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi links Cat Matlala to blue-light privileges and accuses MPs at the Madlanga Commission
107 Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi links Cat Matlala to blue-light privileges and accuses MPs at the Madlanga Commission Mapaballo Borotho Image: Kaya 959 Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi told the Madlanga Commission that Vusimuzi “Cat”…
Queen Thandi MaNdlovu Zulu honoured with Doctorate for groundbreaking research
106 Queen Thandi MaNdlovu Zulu honoured with Doctorate for groundbreaking research Queen Thandi MaNdlovu Zulu earns doctorate at 75 Katlego Sekhu Image: Facebook/University of KwaZulu Natal Her Royal Highness Queen Thandi MaNdlovu…
SA Reserve Bank keeps repo rate unchanged at 7%
119 SA Reserve Bank keeps repo rate unchanged at 7% Zuko Komisa Image | @SAReserveBank /Twitter The South African Reserve Bank’s (SARB) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has voted to keep the repo…
MK Party’s urgent court bid to stop Madlanga Commission struck off the roll
95 MK Party’s urgent court bid to stop Madlanga Commission struck off the roll Zuko Komisa Image | @umkhonto_wesizwe_official/Instagram The Pretoria High Court has dismissed an urgent application by the MK Party…
Zille makes her move in Joburg
101 Contesting for mayor of Johannesburg could be Zille’s last big political move. DA federal council chair Helen Zille has already put her fingerprints on her party’s Johannesburg caucus ahead of her…
SANDF members and foreign nationals arrested in Musina anti-smuggling operation
101 SANDF members and foreign nationals arrested in Musina anti-smuggling operation Zuko Komisa Image | SANDF Five SANDF soldiers and two foreign nationals have been arrested in Musina, Limpopo, on charges including…
Takealot Group and Higher Education Department partner to boost youth skills
105 Takealot Group and Higher Education Department partner to boost youth skills Zuko Komisa Image | @HigherEduGovZA /X The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) and the Takealot Group have signed…