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How to get divorced without losing your money or your sanity Many divorces become absurdly expensive and descend into awful acrimony. It doesn’t have to be that way. Image generated by Dall-E 2. All marriages come to an end, either by death or divorce. (Annulment is possible, but rare.) About 20,000 South African couples get divorced yearly, mostly involving middle-aged … [Read more...] about How to get divorced without losing your money or your sanity

Phumeza Ndlwana, the sister of Phelokazi Mqathanya, says the family is disheartened and drained by the constant postponements of the case against her sister’s accused murderer. Archive photo: Mary-Anne Gontsana There were mixed emotions among the friends of murder-victim Phelokazi Mqathanya on Thursday when the state announced that the trial against the accused would be heard … [Read more...] about Khayelitsha lesbian murder trial set to start next week, after tenth postponement

It would be wrong for teachers to strike so close to learners’ exams, says the National Professional Teachers Organisation of South Africa. Graphic: Lisa Nelson Two teachers’ unions have accepted the government’s revised 3% wage increase offer to public servants. The National Professional Teachers Organisation of South Africa (NAPTOSA), and the South African Democratic Teachers … [Read more...] about Two teachers’ unions agree to 3% wage increase

Makhanda residents TJ Mphelo, Carme Fantelas and Gary Sam fill their containers at one of the local springs before a two day water cut set to start on Friday. Fantelas says she comes to the spring twice a week to fill up drinking water for a local safe house in Makhanda. She says they cannot afford to buy drinking water. Fantelas says her husband sometimes visits the spring at … [Read more...] about Makhanda warned to brace for more water cuts

The National Lotteries Commission has decided not to fund animal welfare in 2022-23. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks The National Lotteries Commission (NLC) has excluded animal welfare as a priority for funding in 2022/2023. Animal welfare organisations say that the NLC does not understand the importance of their work. Some say that funds are not worth applying for because the … [Read more...] about No Lottery funds for animal welfare next year