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Bara traders still hoping Heritage Day brings the customers

Business has been slow so far this Heritage season for traders at Bara taxi rank. With the day itself still ahead, they're holding onto hope that customers will still come.
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Fortunate Masilela and Tsakane Nester Msithini will remain in custody until 1 October, when they'll apply for bail over the murder of Jabulile Ntimba.
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Fawaaz Basadien has fought his way back into the Sundowns team and Bafana squad after a difficult first season at the club.
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Money advice from your parents may need an update

Old money rules about avoiding debt, saving cash and keeping one job still have value, but younger South Africans face a very different financial world.

West Coast fisherman get skills to build better lives

Twenty West Coast fishers have gained skipper and business skills as South African National Parks expands a multimillion-rand programme supporting coastal communities.

Khumo’s heartbreaking goodbye to murdered mother Tsontso

Eight-year-old Khumo Moselakgomo said goodbye to her murdered mother Elizabeth at an emotional funeral as Ekurhuleni communities demanded greater protection for women.

When her SASSA grant runs out a loan shark waits

Martha Moloi, 78, gets R2,420 a month, but it runs out early every single month, and she borrows from a mashonisa, where R100 becomes R150.

He trained as a nurse but his heart was in the soil

Ngcebo Zungu qualified as a nurse, but walked away from it to build a farm on a patch of dirt and stones behind an Orlando West primary school.

SASSA sets the record straight on loans reviews and payment dates

SASSA has answered common questions about grant reviews, funeral policy deductions and why payment dates have changed, aiming to clear up confusion among beneficiaries.

Pressure grows as organisations picket outside Kempton Park police station

A coalition of unions, traditional leaders and civil society groups is picketing outside Kempton Park police station today, demanding urgent action to protect women.

South Africa’s ‘average salary’ isn’t what most people actually earn

South Africa's average salary is reported at R29,500 a month. For most workers, that number describes almost nobody's actual paycheque.

Confidence ticks up, and this time it’s lower-income households leading it

South Africans are feeling a little better about their finances, new figures show, and for once, it's lower-income households leading the improvement, not wealthier ones.

He lost the spaza war, so he started cooking instead

Moses Zulu couldn't compete with foreign-owned spaza shops in his area, so he closed his spaza shop and started selling cooked meals instead.

‘We are living in fear’ women say after ninth killing

Dawn Park women say they fear leaving their homes after another woman was found murdered, the ninth female victim discovered in Ekurhuleni in nine weeks.

Podcast: Trump’s Fake South Africa

The Trump administration sees a South Africa that does not exist, while several women have been found dead across Ekurhuleni. Rob Rose, Zukile Majova and Patrick Smith examine the stories America is telling and the crime crisis it is ignoring.