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Mother uses till slips to force father to pay maintenance

A Gqeberha cashier used five months of grocery slips to force a father to pay maintenance after she took her case to the local court.

Student swaps birthday presents for voter registrations

A young student from Tsakani has asked his friends and followers to register to vote for the upcoming elections instead of buying him birthday presents.

Soweto voter says leaders broke 1994 freedom promises

Ralph Malisa waited for 11 hours to cast his first vote in Soweto in 1994 but today he says those early promises were completely empty.

Millions of young South Africans refuse to vote

Millions of young South Africans are refusing to vote in the upcoming elections because they feel politicians do not fix their daily problems like unemployment.

Mum dumps taxis for scholar transport and saves

A Khayelitsha mother says switching from taxis to scholar transport cut her costs and helped her better support her family.

Festival day puts cash in vendors pockets in Khayelitsha

Street vendors say the Khayelitsha Maskhandi Festival helped them earn much needed money despite rising costs and slow business on normal days.

Cashier quits job to build cleaning business in Cape Town

A Cape Town woman left her cashier job and started a cleaning company, now earning more money and employing six people.

Ciza walks away king of Metro FM awards night

Ciza won big at the Metro FM Music Awards in Durban, taking top prizes as leading artists and music legends were also honoured.

Gunfire chaos forces Trump off stage at Washington dinner

United States Secret Service agents rushed President Donald Trump to safety after an armed man stormed a high profile dinner in Washington.

Loan shark traps Zinyoka mother in endless debt cycle

A single mother from Zinyoka Township loses most of her salary to an informal lender after borrowing money to buy school lunch items in January.

Real Politics: There is logic in Ramaphosa’s madness 

President Cyril Ramaphosa had little room to manoeuvre in the escalating power struggle inside the South African Police Service, writes Zukile Majova in Real Politics. 

Expensive fuel forces wheat crop drop

Farmers will plant the smallest wheat crop in ten years because the high cost of fuel and fertiliser is making farming too expensive for many.