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Simz Ngema
lifestyle

Simz Ngema calls out government over loadshedding

SA government's worst over-spenders
Business

THESE are SA government’s WORST over-spenders

renew your vehicle license
Business

RTMC gives SA motorists a hand with license renewals

Simz Ngema
Celeb News

Simz Ngema calls out government over loadshedding

SA government's worst over-spenders
Business

THESE are SA government’s WORST over-spenders

renew your vehicle license
Business

RTMC gives SA motorists a hand with license renewals

Apply for UIF
Lifestyle

How to apply for UIF (Unemployment Insurance Fund) benefits

By Ray Leathern04-09-2023 09:42

The days of waiting for hours in queues to claim unemployment benefits are long gone thanks to uFiling. Here’s how you can apply for UIF.

Transnet urges government action against cable theft crisis
News

Transnet urges government action against cable theft crisis

By Agence France-Presse17-08-2023 16:16

Transnet, has issued an urgent plea to the government to take decisive measures against the rampant theft of railway cables by criminals.

renewable energy plan
Business

Delays hit SA’s R160-billion renewable energy plan

By Ray Leathern12-08-2023 09:17

The government is receiving billions in foreign funding for a renewable energy plan, but it can’t get its act together.

prepaid electricity meters
DIY

Here’s why millions of prepaid electricity meters could stop working

By Ray Leathern11-08-2023 19:17

More than 10 million households could be left in the dark if their prepaid electricity meters are not updated with a code. Here’s why …

K.O
News

‘We are regressing’: SAns rally behind K.O condemning SA gov

By Mihlali Vellem08-08-2023 17:43

K.O put everything on the line during his Twitter rant and became vocal against the South African government’s ways of leading the country.

Sign Language
Lifestyle

Halala! Sign Language (SASL) becomes SA’s 12th official language

By Mihlali Vellem26-07-2023 12:51

The Presidency of the Republic of South Africa announced that Sign Language is now South Africa’s 12th official language.

Regional state
Africa News

New regional state approved by Ethiopia’s upper house

By Agence France-Presse06-07-2023 20:34

The House of Federation in Ethiopia has in today’s regular session decided to have them be organised in a regional state.

Zimbabwe has declared the end of severe blackouts that have interfered with businesses and millions of households.
Africa News

Zimbabwe declares end of severe daily blackouts in the country

By Agence France-Presse05-07-2023 08:41

Zimbabwe has declared the end of severe blackouts that have interfered with businesses and millions of households.

President William Ruto Offers Dialogue with Raila Odinga
Africa News

Kenyan president Ruto lifts logging ban, creates jobs

By Agence France-Presse03-07-2023 20:00

Kenyan President Ruto has lifted a six-year ban on logging and opened up forests to harvest timber to create jobs for local people.

Kenya's trade minister Moses Kuria in hot soup after attacking media outlets in the country, calling journalists uncivilized names.
News

Kenya’s minister in trouble over insults against journalists

By Agence France-Presse21-06-2023 16:19

Kenya’s trade minister Moses Kuria in hot soup after attacking media outlets in the country, calling journalists uncivilized names.

Somalia violence has left at least eight people dead in gunbattles between local security forces and armed militiamen.
Africa News

Somalia clashes claim eight lives in Puntland region

By Agence France-Presse20-06-2023 21:52

Somalia violence has left at least eight people dead in gunbattles between local security forces and armed militiamen.

A group of curious children in DR Congo watch the excavator at work as the voices of the many victims of the earth's elements are heard.
Africa News

DR Congo: bodies buried, aid missing after landslides

By Agence France-Presse15-06-2023 17:08

A group of curious children in DR Congo watch the excavator at work as the voices of the many victims of the earth’s elements are heard.

Government empowers SA's youth to overcome challenges
Start-up Africa

Government empowers SA’s youth to overcome challenges

By GCIS Vuk’uzenzele01-06-2023 09:42

One inspiring example is the success story of Tumi Mdluli, a 35-year-old entrepreneur who benefited from these government interventions.

KZN flood victims accuse government of failing to fulfill promises
Durban

KZN flood victims accuse government of failing to fulfill promises

By Ground Up25-04-2023 15:57

Many families who lost their homes during the devastating floods that hit KZN, in April 2022 are still living in emergency housing units.

SA Post Office
Gauteng

SA Post Office placed under provincial liquidation

By Keliah Daniels16-04-2023 17:40

The SA Post Office suffered repeated annual losses, while six thousand jobs are also on the line due to retrenchments.

Government knew Thabo Bester
News

Government knew Thabo Bester had escaped, but did nothing

By Ground Up12-04-2023 11:33

An August 2022 investigation by the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services (JICS) found that Bester likely escaped.

North West government to retur
North West

North West government to return UNSPENT money

By Keliah Daniels27-03-2023 16:00

North West Treasury has defended the underspending, by saying that the 2022/23 financial year ends on 31 March.

The government’s plan to remove asylum seekers will be a mess
World News

The government’s plan to remove asylum seekers will be a mess

By The Conversation10-03-2023 16:45

If people do not come from countries deemed “safe” by the UK, they cannot be sent back to their country of origin.

Government to improve police call centre to fight crime
News

Government to improve police call centre to fight crime

By GCIS Vuk’uzenzele07-03-2023 10:52

The government will over the next 12 months embark on efforts targeted at improving competitiveness in police call centre operations.

gauteng number plates
News

Government to deploy 250 new traffic officers

By GCIS Vuk’uzenzele06-03-2023 11:29

The government will soon deploy about 250 new traffic officers nationally on the roads to bolster the number of officers.

health immigrants
News

Government now monitoring the Cholera outbreak

By Keliah Daniels27-02-2023 10:30

On Thursday the Minister of Health, Dr Joe Phaahla confirmed the first death linked to cholera in South Africa.

Gandhi’s legacy threatened in South Africa
News

Gandhi’s legacy threatened in South Africa

By Ground Up20-02-2023 10:32

Gandhi Museum and the Phoenix Settlement founded by Mahatma no longer have any major donors from the government.

AKA was a once-in-a-generation pop culture sensation
Celeb News

AKA: Government, political parties, MPs react to rapper’s death

By Mariette Adams11-02-2023 11:18

Tributes from the national government of South Africa and at least three major political parties have poured in following the death of AKA.

Power lines
News

Indigenous group sues Canada utility for $1.6 billion over dam

By Agence France-Presse25-01-2023 12:10

Canada’s Innu community announced it had filed suit against Quebec province’s state-owned power company, alleging it wrongfully destroyed the Indigenous group’s land.

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News

US abortion rights ‘war’ rages on 50 years after now-defunct ruling

By Agence France-Presse23-01-2023 09:06

The fight for abortion rights “isn’t over,” US President Joe Biden said Sunday, 50 years after a landmark Supreme Court ruling had guaranteed that right, before the court reversed itself last June.

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