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She cooks for the whole street and R45 is all she can charge
Khanyisa Bezana feeds up to 15 people a day from her stall in Lusikisiki, charges R45 a plate, and her grocery bill alone has jumped by R1,000 in a single year.
Farmer tells government to help cut costs or lose the next generation
A Limpopo crop farmer says rising feed prices are squeezing small farmers out, and that government training on making affordable fertiliser is the only fix.
Your child could retire a millionaire for R423 a month
South Africa has a retirement solution hiding in plain sight and most people have never heard of it.
Big fuel cut is coming but here is what it looks like after tax
Fuel prices are set to drop on 1 July, but the government is also removing a levy that will cut into the saving, leaving petrol users about R1.44 cheaper per litre.
Soweto moms beat school costs with stationery stokvel
Seven Soweto mothers have started a stationery stokvel to help them survive the costly back-to-school rush.
Millions will get a tax SMS from SARS this July and here is what to do before you accept it
SARS will auto-assess six million taxpayers from 1 July. A tax expert says accepting without checking first could mean missing money you are owed.
Mpumalanga taxi driver spends R9,200 on diesel and has R3,800 left to live on
A Mpumalanga taxi driver earns R13,000 a month and pays R9,200 of it on diesel, leaving him R3,800 to cover every other cost in his life.
Fuel prices may drop in July but the taxman is taking his share first
Petrol may drop in July, but government is taking back its fuel tax relief the same day and a minimum wage earner has R40 a day.
How a Thembisa mother turned rubbish into a living for her four kids
Zodwa Nkabinde from Thembisa left school before finishing and could not find work, so she started collecting recyclable waste to feed her four children.
Limpopo sauce maker takes half the profit so townships can afford a taste
Kgaugelo Ramphago sells his Limpopo-made Kasi Sauce for R35 a bottle, half what he says it is worth, because his customers cannot afford more.
Chikunga promises a new grant but the money is not there yet
The government is promising a new Basic Income Support grant to replace the R370 SRD grant, but has not yet confirmed with Treasury whether it can be paid for.
Foreign domestic workers with valid papers have more rights than they know
Lesotho national Dipulelo Pelo, 36, says her valid work documents have protected her through three jobs in Johannesburg as Parliament debates tougher rules on foreign workers.