IsiZulu Data Lite

Grant that does not grow when your child does

The Child Support Grant is R580 a month for any child, but the cost of feeding a teenage boy properly is R1,114.81, PMBEJD data shows.

‘My heart dropped’ Nara Smith on daughter’s cancer fight

South African-born social media star Nara Smith says her two-year-old daughter Whimsy Lou was diagnosed with cancer last year that had spread, doctors said.

Getting to work now costs more than minimum wage pays

South Africa's minimum wage is R30.23 an hour, but transport and electricity can cost more than a worker's whole wage on reduced hours, PMBEJD says.

Commission to air Khan’s secrets and he won’t hear a word

Suspended Crime Intelligence deputy head Feroz Khan remains unconscious after Sunday's shooting as the Madlanga Commission reads evidence accusing him of colluding with organised crime.

EFF rejects Mbalula’s claim it went door to door to tell migrants to leave

The EFF has denied ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula's claim that its members went door to door telling foreign nationals to leave, calling the accusation a defamatory falsehood.

Jobless SA is turning to second-hand clothes, one credit sale at a time

Princess Motswene sells second-hand clothes near the Killarney taxi rank in Cape Town, and says she now sells to everyone, not just people living on grants.

Eden Park closes five foreign-owned shops and vows more will follow

Residents in Eden Park have forced five Ethiopian owned spaza shops to close on Wednesday, part of a wider campaign spreading across the East Rand.

MK Party’s KZN leader slams Buthelezi’s SUVs then quietly takes one home

Inkosi Phathisizwe Chiliza, who leads the MK Party's fight against Buthelezi's vehicle programme in the KZN Legislature, accepted one of the R20 million SUVs through his wife this week.

KZN news bites: Buthelezi’s son performs sacred ritual honouring his late father 

Celani Sikhakhane brings you KwaZulu-Natal’s latest news bites.

Man killed in Alexandra looting during nationwide anti-immigration marches

A man was killed during looting in Alexandra and two men were shot in Hillbrow as police confirmed more than 900 arrests across the country.

AI helps unlock Botswana’s hidden copper clues

Botswana Minerals says AI has turned 50 years of old drilling records into a fresh copper hunt under the Kalahari.

Taxi carrying foreign nationals from Cape Town to Mozambique flips on N1

A minibus taxi carrying 20 people to Mozambique, including six children aged five to seven, overturned between Hanover and Colesberg after its trailer reportedly failed.

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