An announcement about measures to reduce load-shedding in the metro is expected ‘soon’
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The president also assured grieving families that the government would provide assistance for those injured
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The deputy chief justice is now likely to become the first woman to head the South African judiciary
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The ANC needs to come up with serious plans to tackle unemployment, poverty and inequality, not just catchy phrases
The president said the minister of finance was consulting with social development about possibly increasing the social relief of distress grant
The party wants to tie ministerial performance contracts to implementing key manifesto items
The governing party also said it would progressively work towards implementing a basic income support grant
The term’s of its extension beyond 2025 have yet to be agreed on, but the treasury has made provisional allocations for the grant
The election comes at a time when the governing ANC is at its weakest since 1994
The president said opposition parties ‘will be defeated’ in the upcoming elections