Sassa employees found needles pinned into their office chairs and scattered on the floor two weeks ago, but they did not think much of it until the following day when more needles were seen in other corners of the office.
Two officials from a Sassa office in Mpumalanga have been suspended for performing a ritual in their office, where needles were found and suspected muti was allegedly sprinkled on their colleagues' workstations. This came after the officials and two other men were caught on CCTV cameras entering the office after hours.
More than 20 families have been left counting their losses after a heavy storm tore through a village in Xesi (formerly Middledrift), leaving homes and businesses in ruins and disrupting the electricity supply. The devastating storm — the second to hit Kwa-Saki village in three years — struck at about 6pm on Sunday, according to villagers.
Herman Mashaba’s ActionSA says that if elected it will not scrap government social grants as it introduces a “universal basic income stimulus” of R790 a month, rising to more than R1,600 in the third year.
Western Cape premier Alan Winde has criticised the ANC and boasted about his DA-led province’s achievements “where ANC had failed” — from employment and education to policing and crime.