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Mpumzi Zuzile is a reporter for the Sunday Times.

The deputy director general for economic statistics, Joe de Beer, presenting the 2019 annual Non-financial Census of Municipalities (NFCM) report.

Fewer indigent households receiving free basic services, but millions still benefit: Stats SA

StatsSA's annual "Non-financial Census of Municipalities" (NFCS) report for 2019 found that there were an estimated 2.9 million indigent households in SA.

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Former communications minister Faith Muthambi. File photo.

Parliament concerned about deaths of initiates in Eastern Cape

A parliamentary committee says initiation schools in the Eastern Cape require serious intervention.

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National House of Tradional Leaders member Inkosi Xolile Ndevu apologised for the embarrassing incident. File photo.

‘Yhooo! We see everything’: naked wife stuns virtual parliamentary meeting

Working from home during the Covid-19 pandemic took an awkward turn for a participant in a virtual parliamentary meeting when his wife appeared out of the blue — and stark naked.

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Cogta minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma.

Gauteng municipalities struggling with fire trucks: Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma

Gauteng municipalities need 205 fire trucks but only have 104, the Cogta minister told parliament in response to a question from the DA.

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Tourism minister Lindiwe Sisulu does not believe in our constitution but continues to draw a salary, serving this constitution

Lindiwe Sisulu ropes in SIU, Treasury and police to deal with flood of irregular expenditure

The department of human settlements, water and sanitation has lined up disciplinary cases and opened a number of criminal cases against officials.

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Deputy transport minister Dikeledi Magadzi. File picture.

'Nowhere to hide': traffic cops get body cameras, drones to curb Easter carnage

Traffic law enforcement would not be an enrichment scheme for unethical, unscrupulous, greedy and corrupt officers, deputy transport minister Dikeledi Magadzi warned.

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Shocking findings were made by an independent committee of inquiry commissioned by Gauteng cooperative governance and traditional affairs MEC Lebogang Maile in August 2019. File photo.

Gauteng municipalities are owed more than R58bn in unpaid debt

More than 85% of the outstanding debt owed to municipalities in Gauteng is from household customers and represents R49.8bn.

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MEC Lebogang Maile has welcomed the decision by Tshwane municipality to halt services for clients who don't pay. File photo.

Quarter of top Gauteng municipal managers do not have minimum requirements for their jobs

Report reveals only 58% of supply chain managers have stipulated minimum competencies.

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Gauteng premier David Makhura called on people to adhere to the restrictions and health protocols in all public places and at all times to avoid a third wave of Covid-19 infections. File photo.

Gauteng must brace for third Covid-19 wave, advisory committee warns

Committee chair Dr Mary Kawonga has warned that religious and social gatherings during Easter have the potential to be major super-spreader events.

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In Northcrest, it was discovered that about 90% of the tenants had illegally tampered with their electricity meters, while others had illegally connected themselves to the grid.

Load-shedding to be halted

Eskom said teams had successfully returned to service a generation unit each at the Duvha, Medupi, Kendal, Kriel and Kusile power stations

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Protesting students burn rubbish in the middle of a street in Braamfontein, Johannesburg.

UFS to allow students to register if they owe less than R20,000

UFS plans on having more than 8,200 first-year students this academic year.

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Gauteng health MEC Nomathemba Mokgethi says the province is able to cope with the pressure on its health system at this stage, despite the rise in the number of Covid-19 cases. File photo.

More than 1,000 unidentified bodies lying in Gauteng mortuaries

The Gauteng health department said state mortuaries had 1,173 unidentified bodies last year, and a further 120 bodies that were identified but buried as paupers as they were unclaimed.

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Some of the 40 shacks unveiled by Limpopo premier Stan Mathabatha at Talana Hostel in Tzaneen. They have been found to have major structural defects.

Temporary housing project to alleviate congestion in hostels has major defects: public protector

The government spent more than R2.5m building 40 tin shacks in Limpopo.

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Tourism minister Lindiwe Sisulu does not believe in our constitution but continues to draw a salary, serving this constitution

20 water trucks handed over to drought-stricken Eastern Cape

Drought-stricken municipalities in the Eastern Cape breathed a sigh of relief on Friday when human settlements, water and sanitation minister Lindiwe Sisulu handed over 20 water trucks to the Amatola Water board.

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Students gather to pay respects to a man who died allegedly after being shot at close range with rubber bullets by police during a student protest in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, on March 10 2021.

Wits student debt is R1bn: vice-chancellor

Vice-chancellor and principal of Wits University Prof Zeblon Vilakazi says the issue of student funding is a national, system-wide issue which the university cannot solve alone

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