Author: Lucas Ledwaba

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Livestock Wealth
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The land question remains a pressing and persistent challenge

One of the significant developments in the land reform programme this year was the signing into law of the Communal Property Associations Amendment Bill by President... Read more.
Impoverished family cannot be evicted from farm 
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Impoverished family cannot be evicted from farm 

The Land Claims Court has put the brakes to an attempt by wealthy landowners to evict an impoverished family from a farm property where they were born and have... Read more.
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SA Tourism under fire for poor management

South African Tourism (SAT) has come under fire from the parliamentary portfolio committee on tourism over internal control deficiencies, a 16.8% vacancy rate, a... Read more.
Fight for land
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Land reform falters due to property association shambles

More than 1 300 communal property associations (CPAs) responsible for running farms and properties restituted to communities as part of the land reform programme... Read more.
insurance murders
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Shock as cops arrest colleague for R10m insurance murders

Residents of Senwabarwana in Limpopo watched in shock and horror when police arrested a 43-year-old sergeant on suspicion of murdering six people and cashed in on... Read more.
security guards
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Deductions made for medical cover yet security guards pay for treatment 

Security guard Phumza Popoyi was forced to dig from her meagre savings to pay for medical treatment after injuring her leg on duty.  Popoyi has had money for medical... Read more.
gwede mantashe
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Mantashe asked to stop Seriti’s ‘jobs bloodbath’ 

Trade union federation Cosatu wants Minister of Mineral Resources and Petroleum Gwede Mantashe to intervene in the planned retrenchment of more than 1 100 workers... Read more.
Land Claims Court
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Land Claims Court comes to farm dweller’s aid in  access denial case

The Land Claims Court has found against a  white farm owner who refused to grant a  black man residing on an adjacent property access to his home and ignored a... Read more.
SARS tax revenue collections for 2020/21 declined by 7.8%
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Workers short-changed 

Millions of public servants are set to access a portion of their pensions from today as part of the Revenue Laws Amendment Law amidst concern from labour unions... Read more.