Innholdsfortegnelse for 2025-05-30 i Daily Voice

THE South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) is being slammed for wasting mense’s time and money after the card migration process was suspended indefinitely. Mense, often sick, old and vulnerable, are regularly forced to wait in long queues for help from SASSA to access their social grants. Stories of aunties and oumas sleeping on the street outside offices to get a spot in the line have been reported and are shared on social media. Questions On top of this, there are now questions whether beneficiaries who opted for direct bank payments in the recent migration from the SASSA Gold Card to the black Postbank one are being charged extra. Beneficiaries are currently permitted to continue using their existing SASSA Gold Cards beyond the original May 31 deadline. Elsies River man…

Consortium Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition Parks Tau announced on Wednesday that Sizekhaya Holdings, a consortium partly owned by gambling company Goldrush, would be the operator. The announcement came after Gauteng High Court Judge Sulet Potterill ordered Tau to announce the bidder by May 28 and declared the decision to issue a temporary licence unconstitutional. However, to prevent lottery ticket sales from halting, Judge Potterill suspended the order for five months, allowing a temporary licence to be awarded for that period.…

Executed Yesterday, the five were back in the Wynberg Magistrates Court, where they allegedly executed the hit on Chintso on the fourth floor of the building. They face charges of aiding and abetting criminal gang activities in association with the Junky Funky Kidz (JFK) gang, premeditated murder and the unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition. The court was expected to start with the bail applications of the accused. However, the court was left with their hands tied after Adams’ attorney Kevin van Vught asked the court to make provisions with the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) to have his client placed in a communal cell. Van Vught said: “On the last occasion at court [Adams] was injured at court and apparently fell down the stairs. “The situation was so bad…