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Pay more, get less and nobody told this family why

Thandanani Nkomo thought the shopkeeper had scammed him. The units were short, the money was gone, and nobody had told him Eskom had raised its tariff three months earlier.
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King Misuzulu kaZwelithini showed Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa his own passport to argue that respecting immigration law is not xenophobia.
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SA Rugby will review Springbok ticket prices after supporters complained that Test matches have become too expensive for many ordinary South African fans.
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