SASSA has managed to get back about R150-million in Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant payments made to ineligible ...

Two people in the care of a private care centre in Roerfontein, outside Tzaneen were found chained by their hands and feet during a visit by the Limpopo MEC for Social Development Florence Radzilani ...

Minister Parks Tau has revealed that the National Lotteries Commission (NLC) spent over R73-million on litigation and disciplinary inquiries involving past and current staff. Almost R13-million was ...

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Premier Phophi Ramathuba promised that former employees of the Great North Transport bus company would start receiving their ...

Now, she’s getting evicted. On 19 August, she received notice to vacate her residence by 30 September. This was later ...

Blind SA says President Cyril Ramaphosa has shirked his constitutional obligations by not signing the Copyright Amendment Bill The new law would give access to blind ...

About 100 people, including learners from special needs schools, marched to the city hall in Durban’s city centre to raise awareness and mark World Mental Health Day on Thursday. The protest was led ...

As a caregiver is included in the definition of a domestic worker, a contract template for a domestic worker can be downloaded from Labour Guide here. Debruynlegal.co points out that since the 2020 ...

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While the USMB standards were previously used as a guide, the newly published limits provide concrete, set levels over which mines may not blast. For instance, a mine’s blasting operations may no ...

Villagers in uMsinga north of Pietermaritzburg battle daily for water. Many get up in the small hours of the morning to queue at one of the very few borehole pumps. Some have stopped planting crops ...