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The upgrade to the road linking Nxamalala to Nkandla and Jacob Zuma’s homestead cost R292-million. Other roads in the Nxamalala area are potholed and impassable when it rains.
BATHABILE DLAMINI

Bathabile Dlamini admits to spending R2-million on two luxury vehicles

The social development minister says the purchases were warranted, as the previous ministerial cars were bought in 2009.

  • Paul Herman
  • Staff Reporter
2 min read
A complainant and defendant in an assault case sleep across each other in the same room
DEPARTMENT SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

How solving the Eldorado Park housing crisis could keep a family safe

Gauteng human settlements MEC Paul Mashatile says preference for housing will be given to those who applied in 1994.

  • Caroline Vakil
  • Govan Whittles
4 min read
The upgrade to the road linking Nxamalala to Nkandla and Jacob Zuma’s homestead cost R292-million. Other roads in the Nxamalala area are potholed and impassable when it rains.
BATHABILE DLAMINI

Bathabile Dlamini misses another Constitutional Court deadline

The social development minister has missed a deadline to explain to the Court why she should not pay legal fees from her own pocket.

  • Raeesa Pather
2 min read