Social grants: Hand-out is hand-up
05 Mar 2010 0 CommentsGovernment’s research shows that grants reach the poorest 40% of people, and in the first 12 years of democracy it contributed to lowering the proportion of people living in absolute poverty from 53% to 48%.
13 Aug 2010
Home Affairs staff question colleagues’ stay at hotels
Several angry KwaZulu-Natal Department of Home Affairs staff want to know why their bosses put colleagues up in posh Durban hotels even though they live in the city.
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Carbon-tax grab is arbitrary, dangerous and inflationary
The government claims this is an environmental measure aimed at reducing emissions and protecting the environment.
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Apartheid kingships to be abolished
PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma has accepted a recommendation by a traditional leadership commission that SA lose six kingships
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