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At 08h44, Wednesday, 27 August, NSRI Port Alfred duty crew, the SA Police Services and Gardmed ambulance services were activated following reports of a 22 year old man missing in the Kowie River, approximately 3 kilometers upstream from the Kowie River Mouth, Port Alfred. 2 NSRI rescue craft, Rescue 11 Alpha and Lotto Challenger, accompanied …
Dear Editor The DA in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) welcomes the intervention by Provincial Treasury – led by MEC Francois Rodgers – in terms of Section 18 of the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA), into the financial management of the provincial Department of Education. The move follows the department’s persistent financial challenges, including budget overspending and concerns …
Photo: Supplied JOHANNESBURG, Aug 27 (Reuters) – South African food services company Bid Corporation (BidCorp) reported a 6.5 % rise in full-year earnings despite a challenging and uncertain trading environment, it said on Wednesday. The company, which operates in Australasia, Europe and emerging markets such as China and the Middle East, said its headline earnings per share rose to 2,562.7 cents for …
Malcolm Libera ·27 Aug 2025 South Africa is heading towards another electricity disaster unless urgent action is taken to expand and upgrade the national power grid. Over the next decade, the country will need around R390 billion to connect a huge number of new renewable energy projects that are in the pipeline. Without this investment, …
Five suspects were injured during a shootout with police in Midrand, Johannesburg, on Monday, 25 August 2025, after they tried to rob a victim through a bogus Facebook Marketplace sale. EWN reports that police were investigating a case of armed robbery linked to the online marketplace following a similar incident that occurred last week. Police …
VW has announced that a new Amarok will make an appearance at this year’s Festival of Motoring, which is taking place this weekend at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit in Gauteng. More specifically, the German carmaker will showcase the 222kW Amarok, which is the only version of the bakkie to feature a petrol engine. This …
The Democratic Alliance (DA) welcomes today’s Western Cape Equality Court finding Julius Malema guilty of hate speech, and we commend the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) for pursuing this matter. This is a victory for the rule of law, for the Constitution, and for all South Africans who cherish the values of a free, …
SASSA’s system allows for 1Life and Emerald Life to make deductions from social grants
Although many headlines in South Africa have focused on the high withdrawal rates under the two-pot retirement system, six out of ten fund members have preserved their savings in the first year. As such, Guy Chennells, commercial chief at Discovery Corporate and Employee Benefits, cautions against being overly negative about withdrawal patterns. Read: Two-pot payouts surge …
Nairobi, Kenya – Kenya-based medical oxygen provider Hewatele has raised $10.5 million in funding from AfricInvest’s Transform Health Fund (THF) to construct a large-scale liquid oxygen (LOX) facility aimed at addressing critical oxygen shortages across East Africa. The investment will finance the development of a Cryogenic Medical Liquid Oxygen Air Separation Unit at Tatu Industrial
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In 2025, South Africa entered the fourth decade of its democracy. Yet democracy has not yet delivered on creating a more equal society, South Africa faces staggering inequality. Unemployment sits at 33%—with youth joblessness above 46%—while over 28 million people rely on social grants to survive. At the same time, South Africa boasts Africa’s most …
Athi Geleba, Head of Digital Communications in the Presidency, has called for ethical, inclusive, and Africa-led adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in government communications, urging policymakers and public servants to ensure technologies reflect local realities and community needs. Speaking at the annual Women in Media and Communication panel discussion hosted by the Government Communication and …
Jonathan KatzenellenbogenOur prolonged national decay is forcing many who are deeply worried about the future to speak out. It is difficult to judge the scale of this newly popular taking-on of the sacrosanct pillars of the ANC post-1994. But in the past few months, stinging criticism of Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) and the labour laws, …
The civil rights group Action Society today highlighted in its Decade of Decline campaign the shocking reality that South Africa’s murder rate has spiralled out of control over the past ten years – making our country more dangerous than the global threat of terrorism. According to the latest official crime statistics, 26 232 people were …
27 August 2025 – In pursuing SARS’s strategic objective to work with and through stakeholders to improve tax ecosystem, Commissioner Kieswetter and his team held a consultative meeting with the Recognised Controlling Body Forum. This is a platform for strategic engagement between SARS and Recognised Controlling Bodies (RCBs). SARS sees this engagement crucial to its …
Terminally ill inmates have died behind bars because the parole process is cumbersome, expensive and inconsistent between prisons
Old Mutual’s OM Bank has begun signing up customers, starting with existing Money Account users and people who registered early interest in the bank after its mobile apps launched a few months ago. It recently started sending emails to Money Account clients encouraging them to download the OM Bank app. “As a valued customer, you’re …
Millions of jobs could be created from sustainable economic ocean development.
Luke Fraser ·27 Aug 2025 The Department of Home Affairs is undergoing a massive shift, with the Department looking to improve its key service offerings. For many South Africans, most of their interactions with the government happen at Home Affairs. Birth certificates, ID documents, passports and visas are crucial for citizenship and economic participation. Home …
At least five people dead as tensions between CATA and CODETA boil over
The Portfolio Committee on Social Development has noted the termination of the Master Service Agreement (MSA) between the South African Post Office (SAPO) and the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) at the end of September 2025. SASSA has informed the committee that the resources that were allocated to the Postbank for the infrastructure for mobile cash withdrawal services will now be used to roll out its digitisation of its business processes, including the biometric verification of all new grant applications that will commence on 1 September 2025.
The committee received a briefing from the Minister of Social Development, Ms Sisisi Tolashe, and SASSA today on the termination of the MSA. The Minister explained that SASSA entered into a contractual relationship with the SAPO in 2018 after the Constitutional Court ordered government to terminate the unlawful Cash Paymaster Service (CPS) contract. The liquidation of the SAPO in 2023 necessitated the closure of costly cash pay points and over-the-counter services, and the contract was ceded to Postbank.
In 2019, the South African Reserve Bank limited the Postbank from issuing new bank accounts until it dealt with the replacement of the SASSA gold cards. These were the main elements of the MSA, hence with the withdrawal of these services render the MSA no longer serving its original intent.
Minister Tolashe assured the committee that there will not be any interruptions to the payment of grants as a result of the MSA termination. Payments will continue being disbursed through all the banks operating in South Africa, including Post Bank, as it is the current arrangement.
The Chairperson of the committee, Ms Bridget Masango, said: “The main interest of the committee is to ensure that there is no interruption of the payment of grants to the 3 million beneficiaries who bank with Postbank, post the termination of the MSA.”
The committee resolved to conduct an oversight visit to rural communities to assess the impact of the closure of the cash pay points services to grant beneficiaries.
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Republic of South Africa: The Parliament.
Second day of protests by shack dwellers in Westville
The Transformation of South Africa’s Naming Landscape Dear South Africans, The South African Geographical Names Council (SAGNC) was established under the South African Geographical Names Act, No. 118 of 1998. Its mandate is to lead the transformation of South Africa’s naming landscape to reflect our country’s languages, cultural heritage, and democratic values. Many names of …
The South African National Taxi Council (Santaco) must take urgent steps to extinguish the taxi war in Cape Town that reignited this week, just days after what appeared to be a constructive peace summit. Three people were shot dead and six wounded in two separate incidents, in Philippi East and Khayelitsha, this week.
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