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What happened to the Covid-19 special grant?
The newly established grant intended to bring informal economy workers into South Africa’s social security net during the lockdown has had a disastrous start
Sassa system ignores digital divide
Sassa is keen to try out online registration to process applications for the Covid-19 relief grant, but NGOs are wary because not all intended beneficiaries are able to access data
Hunger is as big a threat as Covid
For the many that rely on pension grants, Sassa’s seemingly simple date change has severe ramifications
Covid-19 grant top-up is for caregivers, not children
Sassa says grants to an extra six million people who lose jobs, on top of 18-million beneficiaries, means it can’t give as much to child support grants
Homeless but ready for Covid-19
A 71-year-old’s car is his home and that is where he says he will reluctantly ride out the pandemic
Land reform is about more than just land
On paper, the Bino family of Kowa (formerly Elliot), Eastern Cape, are a land reform success story. In 2000, they applied...
Dlamini’s departure ends a career characterised by incompetence and arrogance
ANCWL president remains defiant and plays the victim to the end as she bows out as an MP
Bathabile Dlamini the latest to resign from Parliament
The ANC Women’s League president is the third MP to walk away in two days
Net1 subsidiary goes to court to compel Sassa to pay grants into its accounts
Moneyline claims that the South African Social Security Agency has moved beneficiaries to the South African Post Office against their will
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Ramaphosa issues instruction on Western Cape Covid-19 numbers
President Cyril Ramaphosa has issued an instruction to the Western Cape government to recruit more staff to stem the Covid-19 tide
Capture claims plague new private-security bargaining council
Unhappy members of the National Bargaining Council for the Private Security Sector say corporate governance standards are being flouted
A lifeline for the homeless people in eThekwini
eThekwini plans to retain permanent and safe open spaces for people with nowhere to sleep
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Automotive Industry and Covid-19
Many rental fleets are no longer operational and their usually well-maintained cars are entering the market in big numbers
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The fourth industrial revolution: It works for UJ
Huge advances in technology make training and the application of medical knowledge better, faster and more widely accessible
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PPS Webinar 4: Asset Protection in Times of Uncertainty
The Covid-19 crisis means people are spending more time at home, so they expect different packages from their insurance companies
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International Partnerships are key for Africa during Covid-19
Perhaps this pandemic is the jolt that we needed to strengthen intra-country collaboration and revive international friendships
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Auditor-General of South Africa seeks request for information
Suitably qualified and experienced vendors are sought to supply tools to assist in the support of financial statement audits
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Former bursary student hits a six and lands top job at WPCA
Thuthuka Bursary recipient Tennyson Botes decided to make a difference in his community — and he's doing exactly that
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SANRAL to professionalise its finance division with world-class professional accounting designations
'It is about how I can get my staff to acquire more skills and sharpen those skills that they already have,' says SANRAL CFO Inge Mulder
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Empowering his people to unleash their potential
'Being registered as an AGA(SA) means you are capable of engineering an idea and turning it into money,' says Raymond Mayekisa
