Claims arouse that SASSA’s unchecked outdated databases had resulted in thousands of undue payments continuing to be made.

Segomotsi Setshwantsho is accused of killing her niece and falsifying the cause of death to benefit from her life insurance as a listed beneficiary.

Six people were shot and killed over the weekend in Albertina Sisulu Drive, police said.

NSFAS has been plagued by several issues since 2023, with new corruption allegations emerging that the Minister of Higher Education, its board chair, and the SACP received kickbacks from the scheme’s service providers.

Minister of Justice Ronald Lamola said it was South Africa’s first democratically elected president Nelson Mandela’s signing of the Genocide Convention back in 1998 that made it possible for South Africa to challenge Israel before the world.

Scores of pro-Palestinian South Africans welcomed the team at the OR Tambo International Airport on Sunday after South Africa faced off with Israel in the ICJ last week.

Flooding recently claimed the lives of five people at the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality.

Higher Education Nzimande says the newly appointed acting chief’s priority is to ensure that the academic year starts off smoothly.

This comes after damaging heavy rains over the weekend that affected the water quality in the region. Umgababa beach is the only one opened in the southern region.

A R3.8 billion budget has been set aside for the 2024 academic year for students who have a household income of more than R350,000 said Minister of Higher Education, Blade Nzimande on Sunday.

Following a tip-off, six bags of abalone were confiscated during a bust on Saturday. The suspect is expected to appear at the Robertson Magistrates Court on Monday.

This follows recent revelations of irregular and improper payments of social grants to undeserving beneficiaries, including R140 million paid to more than 70,000 deceased beneficiaries over the past three financial years.

KZN COGTA said that in the latest fatalities, at least two motorists were swept away in their cars.

The City said its contractors carry legitimate identification cards and a notification or reference number of the problem they’re sent to fix.

It’s understood the woman was swept away on Friday afternoon on Witkoppen road.

Rescue teams are scrambling to find the missing teen who was last seen swimming at Mthwalume on Friday.

Limpopo police are investigating the deaths of three children who are believed to have suffocated after they were trapped in a parked car at a village outside Tzaneen on Wednesday.

The statue on the balcony of the soon-to-be-renamed Desmond and Leah Tutu house in Buitenkant Street in Cape Town is part of the foundation’s ongoing protest against Israel’s war on Gaza.

Segomotsi Setshwantsho, a 49-year-old grandmother, has been accused of murdering her niece and falsifying her cause of death for a R3 million insurance payout.

It’s understood the group was travelling in a bus from Limpopo to join other party supporters who are gathering in Mpumalanga for the ANC’s 112th birthday rally.

It’s understood that 150,000 social grant beneficiaries did not receive their SASSA grant payments in January. The agency has blamed the latest payment glitch on verification delays.