# The South African Social Security Agency, in collaboration with registered Credit Bureaus, has identified approximately 210-thousand social grant beneficiaries who appear to be receiving income that was not truthfully disclosed to the Agency. SASSA’s spokesperson, Andile Tshona says as part of this initiative, social grant payments for the affected beneficiaries will be delayed in […]
# The Public Servants Association has applauded the recent decision to repurpose Department of Public Works buildings into shelters for survivors of gender-based violence. Public Works and Infrastructure minister, Dean Macpherson handed over 15 properties in Mpumalanga and Gauteng respectively that will be used as shelters for GBV victims. The association’s spokesperson, Claude Naiker says they […]
# The General Industries Workers Union of South Africa is calling on all workers, unions, and communities to unite against corrupt housing delays in the country. Six family members including two toddlers were killed in a fire yesterday in the Marikana Informal Settlement in Ekurhuleni. Giwusa leader Mametlwe Sebei says there is a sound case […]
# The Western Cape Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport has partnered with the Youth Employment Service to unlock employment opportunities and develop new models for economic activity. This partnership was formalised through the placement of 42 youth as sports coaches in collaboration with the NGO partner, SCORE an organisation dedicated to using sport to change […]
# The City of Cape Town says more than four-thousand-500 learners have attended the City’s 13 library-based career expos so far this year. The expos nearly doubling last year’s total – and confirming the growing demand for youth opportunity programmes. The expos have been facilitated by the Library and Information Services and the Community, Arts […]
# RISE Mzansi says it will use tomorrow Parliament Portfolio Committee on Police to ask Police minister Senzo Mchunu to interrogate the fourth quarter crime statistics for 2024/2025. RISE Mzansi Makashule Gana says according to police crime statistics that was released last Friday, the country recorded 20-thousand-883 murder and 31-thousand-979 rape cases. He says murder has increased […]
# Rhodes University says it has strengthened its commitment to creating an inclusive and enabling environment with the acquisition of a new bus. Designed to support students with disabilities, the vehicle marks an achievement in efforts to remove barriers to full participation in campus life. This is the culmination of a joint effort between the Division […]
# A bus accident claimed the lives of three people and left 12 others injured on the R102 near Maidstone Sugar Mill in the Tongaat area, KwaZulu-Natal, this morning. According to authorities, the fully-laden bus veered off the Tongaat River bridge, killing two males and a female. The provincial Transport Department’s spokesperson, Ndabezinhle Sibiya, says […]
# The City of Ekurhuleni Emergency Services is encouraging residents to use heating appliances with caution during this winter. On Sunday evening, six members of the same family died when the shack they were sleeping in went up in flames in the Marikana informal settlement in Kwa Thema. Disaster Emergency Services spokesperson, Maswati Mdluli, says […]
