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JOHANNESBURG – The Department of Social Development has conceded that it is legally incorrect to only pay organisations one quarter of their funding. This after some NPOs say they haven’t received their monies since April last year. The Gauteng Crisis Committee...Articles, Governance and Economy, Human Rights
27 May 2022 Tackling corruption within South Africa When he appeared to give evidence to the SA Human Rights Commission inquiry into the July 2021 insurrection, President Cyril Ramaphosa indicated that SA had not become a failed state … yet. He went on to compare the... 
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JOHANNESBURG – President Cyril Ramaphosa said he was positive that government would exceed its R1.2 trillion investment target. He was speaking at the fourth Investment Conference in Sandton on Thursday. The platform was created in 2018 with the aim of... 
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Inspiring growth In an effort to boost economic growth and facilitate the creation of more employment opportunities, President Cyril Ramaphosa committed to raising more than R1.2 trillion in investments for South Africa over five years. This initiative culminated in... 
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Former Post Office CEO Mark Barnes penned an open letter to Communications Minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni where he offered to buy a majority stake in the struggling company. CAPE TOWN – Government has no interest in selling the South African Post Office (Sapo),... 
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In 2020, the South African government introduced a Social Distress Relief (SDR) Grant of R350 to provide much-needed support for those who were particularly vulnerable to the impacts of the pandemic. Two years later, the grant; now referred to as the Basic Income...
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