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Safe communities are directly related to socio-economic development and equality but children are exposed to high levels of violent crime, a Stats SA study has found.

Local shoppers have reason to celebrate, as the International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC) confirmed last week that it is lifting punitive tariffs on imported chicken.

The cost of school uniforms is crippling parents, who have expressed their frustration at Eastern Cape schools forcing them to buy from either the school’s own shop or a single supplier, with no way to save costs. Last week, Competition Commission spokesperson Siyabulela Makunga said they had received more than 220 complaints across the country about high uniform costs and possible violations of the Competition Act.

On Monday, December 4, South Africans bore witness to the state of the ANC in all its shame. On the said day, a truck of the Sheriff was seen parked outside Luthuli House, the party’s headquarters in Joburg.

The trade union said although it welcomes the number of jobs created in the third quarter, the increases over the eight quarters are slow and present no hope of reducing unemployment from the current highs.

Censuses make or break chief statisticians

Censuses make or break chief statisticians

When it comes to hijacked buildings, the government must deal with the crimes rather than the consequences. As it relates to basic human rights, it must either plan to deliver on them or denounce them openly.

Water management crucial to maintaining adequate levels of sustenance and nutrition

Stats SA needs to fully engage with the world of big data and the key players in that data ecosystem