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Cheap supermarket trip can leave you paying more

A cheaper supermarket is not always cheaper once taxi fare, petrol or delivery costs are added to the grocery bill.

Real Politics: Winning Johannesburg may not be enough for Helen Zille

Helen Zille is running the strongest campaign in Johannesburg, but she is not yet winning the coalition war, Zukile Majova writes in Real Politics. 

Rising costs leave households with no money to save 

Many South Africans want to save money, but rising living costs and growing debt leave them with little or nothing left at the end of the month.

Too old for work but too young for a pension

A Cape Town woman who is too old to find a job but too young for a state pension survives by selling scones and sweets at a busy taxi rank.

Doctors under fire over sick notes at Madlanga inquiry 

Medical organisations say most doctors follow strict ethical rules after questionable sick notes delayed witnesses at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry.

King Misuzulu pays 70 cattle for new queen

Listen to this article. By Celani Sikhakhane • King Misuzulu and a Zulu royal delegation travelled to Mpumalanga to pay 70 cattle as lobola to the...

Rising costs leave households with no money to save 

Many South Africans want to save money, but rising living costs and growing debt leave them with little or nothing left at the end of the month.

Good news for shoppers as frozen vegetable prices stay down

South Africans are unlikely to pay more for frozen mixed vegetables after trade authorities blocked a proposal that could have pushed up supermarket prices.

Stretch R100 into 25 pap portions and sides

R100 can buy maize meal, beans, carrots and cabbage at Shoprite, giving families the base for several simple and filling meals.

Motshekga says Karl Marx got African kings wrong

Professor Mathole Motshekga says communists wrongly use Karl Marx’s views on European monarchies to attack African kings and queens, writes Celani Sikhakhane in Royals Mzansi. 

‘Let royal courts settle royal fights’

Bolabedu elder Mathole Motshekga wants traditional courts to handle royal and land disputes, saying ordinary courts do not understand African customs.

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