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The Impala Platinum mine in Rustenburg on Wednesday held a memorial service for the 13 workers who died in a conveyance cage accident at the mine last week.
The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) in the Eastern Cape plans to migrate all grant beneficiaries, who currently receive payments at cash pay points, many in rural villages, to electronic banking by March.In a presentation to the Eastern Cape legislature’s portfolio committee on social development this week, Sassa’s Eastern Cape acting regional executive manager, Zanoxolo Mpeta, said the move had come as a result of an increase in cash-in-transit heists as well as capacity challenges at the Post Office.
In his keynote address to delegates at Motsi Imfuleni’s 17th annual ITC summit, held at East London’s ICC last week, Eastern Cape premier Oscar Mabuyane was enthusiastically applauded for several points.