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Bathabile Dlamini says the ANC Women’s League remains opposed to lifting the ban on alcohol and tobacco sales.Image: Masi Losi

‘Don’t lift bans on alcohol and tobacco’: ANCWL president Bathabile Dlamini

ANC Women’s League remains opposed to plans to lift the restrictions ‘as SA could be hit by another wave’ of Covid-19 infections. ANC Women’s League president Bathabile Dlamini has reiterated the league’s opposition to the lifting of the…

Bathabile Dlamini. Picture: MASI LOSI

Bathabile Dlamini resigns as MP

Controversial former minister and ANC Women’s League (ANCWL) president Bathabile Dlamini has resigned as an MP. This was confirmed by the office of the ANC chief whip. Dlamini is the seventh former minister to resign as an MP after not…

THE UPDATE: The payment of grants will be outsourced to other service providers to assist the SA Post Office as it cannot offer all the services needed by the SA Social Security Agency (Sassa). This was revealed during a media briefing at the Regent Hotel in East London yesterday with, from left, Sassa acting CEO Pearl Bengu, Minister Bathabile Dlamini and Eastern Cape regional manager Oscar Mpeta Picture: GUGU PHANDLE

Contractors sought to pay grants

Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini yesterday said the department was forced to outsource the payment of grants to other service providers, but not to the SA Post Office as earlier recommended. Dlamini was addressing a press…

Property: spotlight on Bathurst

Residents say that the Eastern Cape town of Bathurst is so much more than just the home of the world’s largest artificial pineapple. The Pineapple Museum, whose building is shaped like a 17m pineapple, is arguably the best-known feature…

R6 billion – what it will cost for Sassa to take over social grant payments

The cost of preparing the SA Social Security Agency (Sassa) for taking over the payment of social grants to 17-million beneficiaries will be about R6bn‚ says Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini. It is the first time a price tag…

R6 billion – what it will cost for Sassa to take over social grant payments

The cost of preparing the SA Social Security Agency (Sassa) for taking over the payment of social grants to 17-million beneficiaries will be about R6bn‚ says Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini. It is the first time a price tag…

Three suspects arrested for Chief Justice burglary

Police have arrested three suspects in connection with the burglary at the office of the Chief Justice at the weekend‚ a source said on Wednesday. The suspects are due to appear in the Mamelodi Magistrate’s Court this morning. Thieves…

Minister Dlamini hands over preschool to Ducats

Children in the rural area of Ducats, outside East London, received a new preschool building structure Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini opens Siyakha Day Care Centre in East London. The centre is being officially opened by…