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High petrol prices and demanding taxi patrollers are ruining life for a Khayelitsha driver who transports workers to their jobs to feed his own family.

The cost of paraffin jumped by over four rand on Wednesday. This huge increase hits poor families hard as the cold winter weather starts in May.

The government has surrendered to farmers and will allow them to buy their own vaccines to fight a sickness ripping through South African livestock herds.

A massive government maths mistake nearly cost drivers an extra rand a litre as diesel prices break past thirty rand for the very first time.

The new R520-million bursary scheme will help more than 5,000 students at public universities in South Africa to keep studying without facing constant money stress.

South African businesses are shutting down in higher numbers as fears grow that the war in Iran will put more pressure on the local economy.

South Africans face a massive financial blow this Wednesday as petrol and diesel prices shoot up to record highs because of global oil price increases.

Trade unions say workers are drowning in debt as the high prices of food, water, electricity and fuel destroy the salaries of South African families.

The Red Ants and police destroyed small business structures at the Mamelodi Hostel, leaving many local families without homes and cutting off their only income.

Nelson Mandela University student Noluthando Dlamini struggles to buy enough daily food because her monthly government allowance cannot cover rising meat, bread and transport costs.

South African households are paying much more for a bag of onions this month after prices jumped in cities across the country in April.

A Cape Town mother says raising her autistic son costs a lot of money because she has to buy specific food and pay for injections.