President Cyril Ramaphosa this week confirmed that the Department of Home Affairs will set a date after which the green ID books will no longer be recognised. In an address to the nation on Sunday, 7 June, where he spoke about measures to crack down on illegal immigration, Ramaphosa said the green ID books are now being progressively discontinued, as it has enabled enabled identity theft by undocumented immigrants and criminal syndicates over
For many young South Africans, financial priorities such as paying off student debt, covering rising living expenses and supporting family members often take precedence over investing and retirement planning. However, financial experts say delaying investment decisions can come at a significant cost. According to Lungile Macuacua, Portfolio Analyst at 1nvest, time is one of the most valuable assets in long-term wealth creation. “The scarcest resource in building wealth is not capital,
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has officially handed over the City’s flagship Salt River Market site for the construction of 970 inner-city affordable housing units by developer Communicare. The development will include 300 social housing rental units and 670 affordable market units and is among four inner-city sites where construction is set to begin this year. In total, over 3,000 affordable units are set to be built this year, including over 1,500
Another teenage girl has been killed in Atlantis, three months after a similar incident in the region. On Saturday, a 15-year-old girl was shot and killed after being caught in crossfire in Sherwood Park. A 48-year-old was injured in that shooting. Detectives in Atlantis confirmed that no arrests have been made at this stage, as a murder and attempted murder docket is being investigated. The local Community Policing Forum (CPF) said the
Imagine your daughter comes to you, looking down in shame. She tells you she has to miss a whole week of school. This is the heartbreaking reality of period poverty in South Africa—a crisis that forces millions of young girls to sacrifice their education every single month. She isn’t sick. She wants to learn. But her body is doing what it naturally does, and you simply cannot afford pads. As a parent,
