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Postbank on Thursday said it was working around the clock to address a major system glitch that resulted in thousands of social grant beneficiaries not receiving their monies for September. Postbank CEO Ntomboxolo Mbengashe, however, said most grant recipients had already received their pay-outs.

A condom left at a crime scene almost seven years ago has sealed the fate of a rapist from Graaff Reinet who will spend the rest of his life behind bars. Spokesperson for the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) Luxolo Tyali says 26-year-old Siphosethu Simons pleaded guilty to two counts of rape after DNA positively linked him to the crimes.

A 30-year-old man has been linked through his DNA to at least 14 rape cases in the rural parts of the Eastern Cape. A spokesperson for police Warrant Officer Majola Nkohli says the victims were raped in Tsolo and Butterworth over the last seven years.

The board complained about Communication Minister Gungubele’s hostility and interference at Postbank. Postbank chairperson and non-executive directors have thrown in the towel, quitting just hours before the government’s briefing on the SA Social Security Agency (Sassa) grant payment issues.

Springbok hooker, Malcolm Marx, has been ruled out of the rest of the Rugby World Cup in France with a long-term knee injury sustained in training on Wednesday.

Eastern Cape Municipalities owe power utility Eskom a staggering R4.7bn.

The 2023 Algoa FM Big Walk for Cancer beneficiaries Reach for a Dream and Wings and Wishes are excited about the support they will receive from the event this year.

Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber named all four scrumhalves in the Springbok squad in the match-23 to face Romania.

The winner of the Algoa FM Cruise to Dubai with XL Bay Travel competition is Lynn Oberem.