SASSA announces July 2025 social grant payment schedule
SASSA has announced the July 2025 payment schedule, detailing when beneficiaries can begin collecting their social grants.
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IN PICS | Alex gets a cleanup as Joburg metro cops enforce city bylaws
The Johannesburg metropolitan police department on Wednesday swooped on the Pan Africa area of Alexandra to enhance bylaw compliance and improve cleanliness.
Zuma takes ANC to court over membership termination
uMkhonto weSizwe president Jacob Zuma has launched a court application challenging the ANC’s decision to terminate his 65-year-long membership.
SASSA announces June SRD payout schedule
SASSA has announced the June SRD grant payment dates and urged beneficiaries to finalise identity verification to prevent any delays.
Gauteng Health raises alarm after babies abducted from Johannesburg clinics
Gauteng Health raised the alarm after two babies were abducted from Johannesburg clinics; both were later safely recovered.
‘Outsider’ cannot turn ANC fortunes around — Mashatile
Deputy president Paul Mashatile says electing an outsider to lead the ANC will not help the party unite its members and revive its electoral fortunes.
‘SA’s wealth not shared equally’
ANC veterans Mavuso Msimang and Snuki Zikalala say the promise that “The people shall share in the country’s wealth” enshrined in the Freedom Charter, which was adopted 70 years ago, has yet to be meaningfully realised.
A better life for all just a pipe dream for Kliptown residents
Bucket toilets that are emptied twice a week, shacks that are built so close to each other that there is no space between them, young unemployed people standing in corners, no electricity and bad roads everywhere.
Foreign nationals blame cops, health as Dudula bars them from accessing healthcare
Foreign nationals desperate for healthcare say they are being turned away from clinics by Operation Dudula members if they don’t have identity documents or are made to wait until South Africans are assisted first.
‘We don’t want the youth to vape’ — industry boss to parliament
The bill proposes to ban indoor smoking and vaping in public places, introduce plain packaging for all tobacco products, regulate vaping like traditional cigarettes, ban in-store displays of these products, and raise the legal purchasing age to 18.
SA judge stops burial of former Zambian president during funeral ceremony
A South African judge stopped the burial of former Zambian president Edgar Lungu while his funeral service was in progress, intensifying a dispute between his family and the Zambian government. Lungu died on June 5 while receiving medical treatment in South Africa. President Hakainde Hichilema, Lungu’s political rival, wanted to host a state funeral for […]