Despite living a lavish life, Mihlali Ndamase’s lover, businessperson Leeroy Sidambe, allegedly still fails to pay the SA Social Security Agency (Sassa) guards employed by his company, the Sakhile Ezweni Group.
Pressure on state resources due an uncontrolled influx of illegal immigrants has resulted in 35 organisations joining forces to demand their mass deportation.
Earlier this week, Minister Lindiwe Zulu presented the department of social development's 2023/24 budget and said more than 90% of Sassa’s budget would be for grants.
What began as a small collection drive for sanitary products for girls in Nqamakwe has grown into a fully-fledged NPO by Local Hero nominee Ngwekazi Makaba, 33, from Amalinda, whose Nam Foundation provides monthly donations to state schools in the Eastern Cape.