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Joburg council approves R90bn budget after week’s delay

Sowetan Live 21 Mar 2026
The City of Johannesburg has approved the more than R90bn adjustment budget for the 2025/2026 financial year ... The PFA is a negotiated settlement designed to address long-standing wage disparities, salary grading issues and backpay ... Sowetan .
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Domestic workers want law on workplace injuries enacted

Sowetan Live 20 Mar 2026
Concerns have been raised about domestic workers’ ability to report injuries at work after regulations were introduced for their protection ... “We’ve been fighting this for a long time ... “There’s no compliance; there’s no implementation,” she said.
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Domestic workers call for state to implement laws on workplace injuries

Sowetan Live 20 Mar 2026
Story audio is generated using AI. Concerns have been raised about domestic workers’ ability to report injuries at work after regulations were introduced for their protection ... “We’ve been fighting this for a long time ... Sowetan .
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LISTEN | Domestic workers seek faster implementation of workplace protections

Sowetan Live 20 Mar 2026
Story audio is generated using AI. If you employ a domestic worker, you are required by law to contribute to the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act (Coida) fund or risk being held liable if they are injured or fall ill at work.
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State cannot rely on private companies for service delivery: Panyaza Lesufi

Sowetan Live 19 Mar 2026
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi said the economic growth of the country hinges on the success of the province ... “The priorities of South Africa are very clear ... Lesufi said to fight inflation, the government must do its job ... Sowetan .
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Company director, adviser arrested in R800k Sedfa kickback scheme

Sowetan Live 18 Mar 2026
The Hawks carried out the arrests on Tuesday following a probe into alleged irregularities at the agency’s offices in Tzaneen, Limpopo ... He said the pair will make their appearance in Tzaneen magistrate’s court on Thursday ... .
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Feroz Khan wants to dictate who must be in control: Mkhwanazi

Sowetan Live 18 Mar 2026
KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi says Maj-Gen Feroz Khan has caused a lot of issues within the force and is behind problems being experienced by police watchdog the Independent Police Investigations Directorate (Ipid).
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Soweto man wins R150,000 lawsuit for wrongful drug arrest

Sowetan Live 17 Mar 2026
A Soweto man has successfully sued the police minister after he was wrongly arrested for allegedly having drugs when police searched him and found only a box of matches ...The toilet was leaking. As a result, the floor was wet ... .
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Water crisis becomes political battleground in SA

Sowetan Live 12 Mar 2026
A recently released report has used the latest water crises as a case study to reveal how social media is turning service delivery failures into powerful campaign issues and deepening electoral polarisation ... You have no water ... Sowetan .
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Mine collapse in Central African Republic kills 8

Citrus County Chronicle 12 Mar 2026
The collapse happens in Nourroum, a mining town .
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DA to reveal ‘explosive’ details on ex-Gauteng health CFO Lerato Madyo’s exit

Sowetan Live 11 Mar 2026
The DA is expected to reveal what it describes as “explosive information” regarding the departure of former Gauteng health chief financial officer Lerato Madyo during a media briefing scheduled for Wednesday morning ... Sowetan .
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WATCH | DA alleges corruption in former Gauteng health CFO’s R3m settlement

Sowetan Live 11 Mar 2026
Former Gauteng health department CFO Lerato Madyo was allegedly not only paid a R3m settlement by the department, but was also approached by whistleblower Babita Deokaran, who feared for her life after flagging an amount of R104m ... Video ... .
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Lesufi denies involvement in R3m Madyo health settlement

Sowetan Live 11 Mar 2026
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi has dismissed assumptions that he was linked to a R3-million settlement between the department of health and former CFO Lerato Madyo ... Lesufi said he was committed to rooting out corruption ... Sowetan .
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Joburg residents urged indoors as pollution brings ‘rotten egg’ smell

Sowetan Live 11 Mar 2026
Johannesburg residents are encouraged to remain indoors, keep windows and doors closed, use air-conditioning and wear masks. This is as Joburg and surrounding areas are plagued by a smell like rotten eggs and a grey sky ... wear a mask and stay indoors ... .
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Collapsed Ormonde building owner a repeat offender

Sowetan Live 10 Mar 2026
The owner of the collapsed Ormonde building was once ordered by a court to demolish part of her building that had encroached onto a neighbour’s property ... “In my view, this is consistent with the applicant’s contention that it did not grant consent ... .
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