An international team of astronomers, including NRF-SARAO Chief Scientist, Dr Fernando Camilo, may have confirmed a 90-year-old prediction in quantum physics: that empty space itself can bend light.
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SACR’s PAIA request has resulted in SEDFA releasing the beneficiary list.
The figures raise important questions:
- 1,316 beneficiaries approved
- R79.6 million approved
- R57.3 million disbursed to 931 beneficiaries as at 7 August 2026
- SEDFA’s total contribution: R150 million
Based on SEDFA’s figures, 385 approved beneficiaries had not yet received disbursements as at 7 August.
There is also a significant gap between the amount approved and the amount actually disbursed.
Who are the beneficiaries? Where are they located? Why were some approved but not yet disbursed? And how has the money been allocated?
We are publishing the full beneficiary list and will be analysing the data.
Join our new Telegram group to access the documents and follow the analysis as we dig deeper into the figures.
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Cc: @The_DSD@sedfa_dsbd
‼️ Do not buy into the Democratic Alliance (@Our_DA) lie that privatisation of local government will guarantee your rights to basic service delivery! #DemocracyMatters
I saw a post from Mlungisi Mancinza saying that LACO is offering a few people free bike lessons and I’m so happy to share that as promised CMC Global is looking for drivers of Bikes and if you are not a qualified driver yet, here is your chance to get assistance from LACO and start working…🥹
It doesn’t end there, they also need Truck drivers and delivery truck drivers… Please share far and wide 🙏🏻‼️🇿🇦❤️
What this means in simple terms
If a foreign couple has a baby in South Africa, the baby’s birth must be registered even if the parents are undocumented or overstayed their visas. The child must be issued a birth certificate recording the facts of their birth that can lately be used to register their children in their countries.
What it does not mean:
-It does not make the child a South African citizen.
-It does not give the parents legal status or permanent residence.
-It does not stop Home Affairs from deporting parents who are in the country unlawfully.
The judge specifically emphasized that birth registration does not automatically confer South African citizenship.
Her only crime was to speak up against the Zimbabwean government and speak up about the 31st July…
@GovernmentZA How can you sit back and say nothing when ppl are being threatened, arrested and their families just for wanting to PEACEFULLY PROTEST😳😳 You are quick to run to the ICC and fight for the people of Palestine but never say a word about the people in your own continent and your own neighbours who are suffering and oppressed???‼️‼️‼️‼️@MbalulaFikile Atleast do something since you have an opinion about everything and you know foreign funders!!
I doubt I’ll sleep well tonight!!! This video has broken my heart 😭💔 Bhekimpilo Mbedzi and I used to speak regularly about how he is going to stand up and fight for Zimbabwe and he has supported us from Day One, I also promised him to do the same!
This is one of the bravest people I’ve ever come across, he stayed in Zimbabwe and fought for his country, he wants to see Zimbabwe thrive as much as we want the same for South Africa!! Arresting him is not only going against the human rights and dignity of a single human being but that of Zimbabweans and South Africans that are now suffering at the hands of a failed government who’s ppl keep running to South Africa to survive ‼️‼️‼️
It’s enough Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa you will never silence us! You cannot do this to an innocent man who only wants to see his country prosper, protesting is even a right in your own constitution, this man is innocent and has harmed nobody for him to be treated this way💔 FREE BHEKIMPILO MBEDZI ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️
That is why @sacr_official1 has proposed a constitutional amendment to Section 25, requiring Parliament to regulate the acquisition & ownership of immovable property (incl. residential) by non-citizens, prioritising South African citizens & protecting our national interest.
Stellenbosch University engineers and students have built the electronics for Africa's first moon mission, flying with China in 2029. A set of South African-designed spheres will be the world’s first radio telescope array on the lunar surface.
The mission’s technology demonstrator consists of three composite spheres containing low-frequency radio antennas and electronics, named the Bounced African Low Lunar Spheres, or Balls (stylised as B.A.L.L.S.). Their job is to prove that radio astronomy below 20MHz is possible from the lunar surface.
The project is led by the Foundation for Space Development Africa in collaboration with the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (Sarao), the South African National Space Agency, Stellenbosch University, Rhodes University and the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
President @CyrilRamaphosa Why is one of the biggest financial decisions in South Africa’s democratic history being done so quietly and in secret?
We’re talking about R84 billion in public assets, R140 billion in new borrowing and billions more in potential taxpayer funds)
No proper national debate. No real public consultation.
South Africans deserve transparency. What are you hiding with this @Eskom_SA Transmission restructuring?
⚠️ URGENT: NEW KIDNAPPING SCAM IN SOUTH AFRICA - PLEASE SHARE ⚠️*
Ladies, please be careful in town, taxi ranks, malls, and parking lots. There’s a new method kidnappers are using:
*How the scam works:*
1. *The approach*: A man in a car stops next to you. He calls you by a name or says “Hey, get in the car! We’ve been looking for you.”
2. If you refuse and say you don’t know him, he immediately switches tactics.
He turns to people around and says loud enough for everyone to hear:
_“Don’t worry guys, she’s my wife. She has amnesia / she’s mentally ill. She gets confused like this. I just need to get her home.”_
3. *Why it works*: People don’t want to interfere in “family problems” or with someone who “has a mental illness.” So they look away. That’s exactly what he’s counting on. That’s how he gets you into the car. That’s the strategy
*IF THIS HAPPENS TO YOU:*
- Do NOT get in the car for any reason.
- Be loud and specific*: Yell “*I DO NOT KNOW THIS MAN. THIS IS KIDNAPPING. PLEASE CALL THE POLICE AND HELP ME.*”
The word “KIDNAPPING” makes people react way faster than “I’m fine.”
- *Draw attention*: Drop your bags, sit on the ground, scream. Make it impossible for him to look normal.
- *Call for help*
*AS A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IF YOU SEE THIS HAPPENING:*
- Don’t assume it’s domestic. Don’t walk away, help the victim.
- Step in and ask the Scammer directly*: If they know the person they are trying to take, if they say yes, Ask the lady (victim) to whisper her name to you or the Lady(victim) to show you her ID…then Tell the scammer/kidnapper to tell you the name of that lady(victim) he’s trying to take.… if the scammer gets the name wrong it simply means he was trying to kidnap the lady….
- *Call 10111 or SAPS* right away and tell them you suspect a kidnapping.
- *Take details*: Car color, make, license plate, location, what the man looks like. Send to police and share to warn others.
Kidnappers are using our fear of “getting involved” and stigma around mental illness against us. Let’s not let it work.
*Please share this with your sisters, mothers, friends, coworkers, and WhatsApp groups.* One share could save a life.
Stay in groups where you can. Trust your gut. If something feels off, it probably is.
*Emergency numbers for Johannesburg:*
Tshenolopi: +27 66 472 7099
SAPS: 10111 | Ambulance: 10177 | JMPD: 011 758 9650 | GBV Helpline: 0800 428 428
#SouthAfrica #KidnappingScam #WomensSafety #SAPS #StayAlert #TshenoloPI