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Domestic workers will enjoy extra money in their pockets this year after Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant announced new minimum wages.

The Minister said that as of 1 December 2013, the minimum wage for domestic workers working in metropolitan areas for more than 27 hours a week would be R9.63 per hour and for those working in rural areas or small towns it would be R8.30 per hour.

If you are receiving a social grant illegally, you could soon be facing the full might of the law and end up behind bars.

The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has stepped up efforts to root out fraud and corruption in the social grant system and the results are beginning to show.

The agency has taken legal steps against officials and members of the public who have defrauded the system.

Your dream job could turn out to be your worst nightmare.

This is the warning from the Directorate of Priority Crime Investigations, also known as the Hawks, following an increase in human trafficking. Human trafficking refers to cases where victims are lured from their homes and kept as sex slaves or forced to work for little or no money, losing their freedom in the process.

When Peter Sekwele abandoned his business to start a cooperative he could never have imagined how successful it would become.

An Mpumalanga vegetable farmer, who lost his farming equipment when floods ravaged the area 13 years ago, has found success in mixed farming.

Obesity has become a serious health problem in South Africa, leading to many preventable diseases and putting pressure on the health system.

About 66 per cent of South African women and 33 per cent of men are overweight, with about 10 per cent of men and 28 per cent of women classified as morbidly obese.

Massive upgrades to health infrastructure in the Eastern Cape are underway, promising better health services to those in the province.

As learners return to school for another academic year, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has assured them that textbook delays are a thing of the past.

Deaf pupils can now learn sign language at school after the Department of Basic Education (DBE) included it to the curriculum offered to them at schools.

Both the current National Curriculum Statement (NCS) and its Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) will now include South African Sign Language (SASL).

The Annual National Assessment (ANA) results show that while there is still room for improvement, progress is being made in improving learners’ skills in literacy and numeracy in the lower grades