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

Government to improve police call centre to fight crime
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Government to improve police call centre to fight crime

Government to deploy 250 new traffic officers
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Government to deploy 250 new traffic officers

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

Government to improve police call centre to fight crime
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Government to improve police call centre to fight crime

Government to deploy 250 new traffic officers
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Government to deploy 250 new traffic 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.

USA Aniti-abortion
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.

Water crisis
News

When will government finalise water standards?

By Ground Up22-11-2022 07:00

For many families living in informal settlements and rural areas, the right to water and sanitation has yet to be realised.

Democratic Alliance, DA, food, South African Government, ANC Government, taxes, fuel, cost of transport, opposition party
News

DA concerned over food crisis, suggests dropping taxes on items

By Reeshni Chaslyn Chetty09-09-2022 17:09

From reallocating the R50m sent to Cuba to dropping taxes, the DA suggested interventions to resolve a ‘cost of food crisis’ in SA.

Digital Terrestrial Television, analogue tv, no information, SA television, SA TV, villagers, eastern cape villagers, Communications Department, Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies Khumbudzo Ntshavheni
News

Villagers express concerns over migration to digital television

By Reeshni Chaslyn Chetty14-08-2022 18:34

Villagers in SA have shared their concerns regarding Government’s switch from analogue to Digital Terrestrial Television.

child marriages, civil unions, customary marriages, child marriages in South Africa, minor marriage SA
News

Child marriages *could* be outlawed in SA, but it’s a process…

By Reeshni Chaslyn Chetty03-08-2022 19:33

While child marriages are technically legal in SA, there seems to be plans by government to completely outlaw them.

Interest rate hike
News

Will GEPF members be allowed to access their pension in 2023?

By Nokwanda Ncwane23-07-2022 12:16

The Government Employee Pension Fund (GEPF) has provided clarity on whether or not members will be allowed early access to their funds.

eThekwini Municipality load shedding
News

R2.6 MILLION: Taxpayers pay for installing, running generators at ministers’ homes

By Storm Simpson19-07-2022 14:50

‘ANC Ministers are paid enormous salaries, and while they refuse to solve the country’s power disaster, they should at the very least pay for their own generators and fuel,’ said the DA.

Minister of Health Joe Phaahla, National Health Insurance, NHI, Parliamentary Q&A, stage-by-stage introduction, NHI introduction, programmatic approach
News

New NHI to be introduced in stages says Minister Phaahla

By Reeshni Chaslyn Chetty29-06-2022 11:09

Minister of Health Joe Phaahla says the NHI will be introduced in different stages in South Africa, not at once.

South African Government, pay increase, salary increase, wage increase, public servants, R1 000 disposable income, lower-paid workers, trade unions, negotiations continuing
News

Public servants’ salaries: Govt tables 7.5% increase for the majority

By Reeshni Chaslyn Chetty22-06-2022 13:02

It’s been revealed that Government has officially tabled the pay increase offers for public servants in South Africa – take a look…

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News

This is Parliament’s excuse for giving MPs, and ministers a PAY RISE

By Reeshni Chaslyn Chetty22-06-2022 10:35

Parliament has defended the approved 3% pay increase for MPs, deputy ministers and ministers in South Africa.

Net-zero
Environment

World airlines call government support for net-zero plan

By Agence France-Presse21-06-2022 08:52

World airlines called on governments support of the industry’s net-zero carbon emission goal by 2050, insisting ‘stability of policy matters’

King Zanozuko amaMpondo Funeral Service
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King Zanozuko Sigcau: Government ready to proceed with official funeral

By Tshepiso Mametela20-06-2022 10:19

The special official funeral service of the late AmaMpondo monarch, king Zanazuko Sigcau, who died on 31 May, is ready to move ahead.

Minister of Police Bheki Cele, drones, rural safety strategy, government, South African Police Service, SAPS, Freedom Front Plus, FF+
News

Drones for safety? Cele says govt is working on procuring 166 ‘robots’

By Reeshni Chaslyn Chetty18-06-2022 17:46

Minister of Police Bheki Cele confirmed that drones will soon be used in SA as part of a rural safety strategy to provide extra security.

Congress of South African Trade Unions, Cosatu, office bearers, President Cyril Ramphosa, Deputy President David Mabuza, salary increase, 3% raise, premiers, MEC, executive, judges, chapter nine institutions, traditional healers, Matthew Parks
News

‘Huge wage gap’ – Cosatu unimpressed by government salary increases

By Reeshni Chaslyn Chetty17-06-2022 10:04

Trade union federation Cosatu is far from impressed by the 3% salary increase for public office bearers announced by the president.

Democratic Alliance, DA, Government, Comair liquidation, grounded flights, British Airways, Kulula, opposition party, borders, lockdowns in South Africa
News

DA blames Comair liquidation on Govt’s handling of SA borders

By Reeshni Chaslyn Chetty12-06-2022 18:59

The DA has placed partial blame of Comair’s liquidation on the way in which Government handled the borders during previous lockdowns.

Ismail Momoniat, National Treasury, Acting Director-General, Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana, former Deputy Director General
News

Ismail Momoniat appointed National Treasury’s Acting DG

By Reeshni Chaslyn Chetty08-06-2022 13:25

After 27 years in the National Treasury, Ismail Momoniat has been appointed Acting Director-General as of 8 June 2022.

murder Sam Mbatha court
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Convicted right-wing terrorist to be sentenced

By Nthabiseng Madumo06-06-2022 09:47

Convicted right-wing terrorist Harry Knoesen was found guilty of planning attacks on Africans in a bid to overthrow the government.

load shedding durban ethekwini municipality beaches
KwaZulu-Natal

Durban Eye: New Ferris wheel is NOT a government initiative

By Reeshni Chaslyn Chetty28-05-2022 12:40

While there have been some doubts about the R450 million Durban Eye Ferris wheel, it will not be funded with taxpayer money.

Government
News

Government job applications made easy

By GCIS Vuk’uzenzele27-05-2022 08:00

Applicants for government jobs are no longer required to submit certified copies of their documents, making the application process easier.

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WATCH: Jamie Bartlett’s cause of death REVEALED [Video]

By Ramadhani Kusaga25-05-2022 21:22

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