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The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has announced that its Dobsonville Local Office will close its doors on Monday, 25 May, and Tuesday, 26 May, while urgent repair work…

DA eThekwini mayoral candidate Haniff Hoosen The Democratic Alliance (DA) in eThekwini has written to the Public Protector requesting an investigation into alleged irregularities in the municipality’s soup kitchen programme,…

Advocate ‘had no right’ to empty Mosiuoa Lekota’s bank accounts, rules judgeThe Pretoria High Court has delivered a damning judgment against advocate Luzelle Adams. (Photo: X) By Nonkululeko Njilo. In…

The matter has also been referred to the Auditor-General to consider conducting an audit of the fire repair project. The Public Protector has found that the Gauteng departments of Health…

The City of Cape Town’s Metal Theft Unit has intensified its efforts to stem the tide of public infrastructure theft and vandalism. As a result, it has led to nearly…

As Johannesburg settles into winter, New Balance’s Grey Days campaign taps into the season’s biggest mood: comfort, layering and effortlessly cool grey sneakers Winter in Johannesburg changes people. The city…

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The investigation into all the murders is ongoing as detectives are working to determine whether the incidents are connected. Following four separate murder incidents in Walmer, Eastern Cape, on Thursday,…

Olebogeng Masike does the same calculation every month. The money arrives in his bank account, and within days, it is gone. R370 South Africa’s Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant…

“In 1988 I ran away from being conscripted into the apartheid army and fled to London,” says Bassline founder Brad Holmes. “There I worked as a waiter, six days a…