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Fingerprint checks may be blocking your child’s grant money

The Department of Social Development underspent R533-million on the child support grant, and MPs questioned whether fingerprint verification blocks eligible caregivers from getting help.
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The National Freedom Party has expelled KZN social development MEC Mbali Shinga for the third time, days after a court overturned that expulsion in June.
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Tlhopie Motsepe says Mamelodi Sundowns will use the pain of losing the league to come back stronger next season.
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MKP’s Chiliza denies double dipping after wife accepts R800,000 SUV 

MKP’s Inkosi Phathisizwe Chiliza has denied drawing two public salaries after his wife accepted an R800,000 SUV from Cogta on his behalf.

JDA’s ‘beacon of hope’ shelter now stands unfinished

Johannesburg Development Agency boss Themba Mathibe called the 200-bed Devland shelter a beacon of hope in April, it is now suspended with no completion date.

Motshekga denies illegally controlling Rain Queen Modjadji VII

Prof Mathole Motshekga has denied accusations that he still controls Queen Modjadji VII's affairs, saying she has been an adult and independent monarch for years.

KZN news bites: Disgraced mayor who took mayoral chain to ancestors is back in the  IFP 

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Ekurhuleni metro cop, businessman in court, mastermind still roaming free

EMPD officer Adrian Mackenzie and businessman Etienne van der Walt appeared in court after their arrest over an alleged R14.9-million precious stones robbery in Killarney.

Podcaster defends Zimba’s ex after her Germany heartbreak

Denise Zimba says she was barred from her daughters’ Munich home during a birthday visit, while Penuel Mlotshwa says she must accept responsibility too.

Rotten tomatoes led Shifra to AI farming award

Ugandan innovator Shifra Ainomugisha won a top Commonwealth youth award for using AI and solar power to help farmers save food.

Netizens go wild for Anele Zondo’s horse-shaped corset

Anele Zondo wore a corset shaped like a white horse to the 2026 Durban July, and famous friends flooded her Instagram with praise soon afterwards.

Pick n Pay fires staff over ‘legitimate’ transactions paid with pensioner’s stolen card

The Citizen reports Pick n Pay disciplined and dismissed staff over R421,000 in gift vouchers bought on a stolen pensioner's card, while denying any wrongdoing.

This week’s biggest catch wasn’t murderers, it was missing papers

Police arrested 3,630 suspects during Operation Shanela raids across Free State, Limpopo and Mpumalanga this week, with 1,196 of them held only for immigration offences.

Cops faked a raid then sold R15m in jewels dirt cheap

Two Ekurhuleni Metro Police officers face court after IPID accused them of selling R14.9 million in precious stones for R110,000 in a fake police raid.

A year after Mkhwanazi spoke up, the price keeps rising

A year after Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi's allegations, a minister remains suspended, a witness has been murdered, and the Madlanga Commission has no final findings.