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Some 36% of Gauteng households live in poverty, according to a new survey, with poverty levels having shot up during the course of the pandemic
The party had lodged the application after it failed to submit proportional representative council lists in municipalities across five provinces in time
The deputy president said the government’s resources were not enough to address all of the problems created by the week of looting and arson
Treasury officials will model the effect of the grant on the fiscus if the need arises
Only a handful of attempts to blockade roads took place in response to Monday’s shutdown call
A March 2020 directive from the Gauteng premier is at the centre of an SIU civil case to recover money lost due to alleged unlawful procurement
The new finance minister has a difficult task, but analysts say his political capital will help him hold a hard line on state spending
Statistics South Africa, the number of houses hit has increased from 2.1-million in 2015-16 to 2.3-million in 2019-20
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The mining industry is riding a wave that will eventually crash, analysts warn
Asylum seekers with valid permits and caregivers will now also be allowed to apply for the reinstituted social relief of distress grant
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The tumult in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng has forced people to go without chronic medication and check-ups, caused shortages at the blood bank and disruptions in the vaccine roll out
Covid-19 bans on alcohol and the recent violence have exposed just how important booze sales are to retailers that once only filled trolleys with food
Pfizer will deliver 1.5-million doses on Sunday and a further 5.6-million doses by Wednesday and 1.4-million J&J vaccines will arrive by Monday
Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi urges employers to be honest when applying for help
Such shifts are being observed globally, researchers say
There are concerns that post office branch closures will make it difficult for beneficiaries to access the grant
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More than ever before, decisive leadership is needed from politicians, military leadership and civil society to march the South African National Defence Force in the right direction
Civilians working together signals the possible germination of a deeply embedded democratic culture where ethnicity no longer divides
The social, political and economic problems of poor governance need to be fixed so that public resources are managed and distributed equally
Acting health minister Mmamoloko Kubayi says 120 private pharmacies were destroyed and 47 500 vaccines lost in KwaZulu-Natal
The Thursday-night discussion was held a week after riots gripped the nation, renewing calls for a basic income grant
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Rebuilding is crucial, but democracies cannot allow themselves to be held to ransom by the destruction of anarchists in dictating where public funds should be spent
The South African Society of Psychiatrists has warned that children and adolescents are vulnerable to post-traumatic stress disorder
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Some blame the feud between the police minister and the national police commissioner blamed for slow reaction to unrest
Khaya Koko, who lives in the township, writes about how he and other residents of Zone 3 and Zone 4 devised a plan to protect their area
There will be no state of emergency, but authorities are working to bring instigators of the week’s violence to book, the president said on Friday night
This week’s looting under the guise of protests may not be a true reflection of us, but are a harbinger of a world to come
But the biggest internal deployment since 1994 is not without challenges, as food, fuel and simply getting to the hotspots are problems facing the SANDF’s deployment
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The images that reflect a week in which the country erupted into total chaos
An already low sentiment will be set back by the Covid-19 pandemic, thin reforms and this week’s violence
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Restrictions are likely to affect people who consume fuel for uses such as running generators to power medical equipment, says the Automobile Association