Eastern Cape’s Agriculture Department Gets a New Name

The South African National Roads Agency SOC Limited (SANRAL), in partnership with the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, will host an information sharing session with small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) to introduce its upcoming projects in the municipality.

The reopened inquest into the 1967 death of Nobel Peace Prize laureate and former African National Congress (ANC) president, Chief Albert Luthuli, has resumed in the Pietermaritzburg High Court.

The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has officially released the grant payment dates for June 2025, helping millions of beneficiaries plan ahead.

Dozens of frustrated readers have flooded the Pondoland Times website with questions about SASSA grants—ranging from payment schedules and biometric updates to misinformation and technical glitches.

In a media statement published on 16 May 2025, SASSA debunked widely shared misinformation that falsely claimed beneficiaries would receive double payments in June or that new pension regulations would be implemented on 10 June. National Spokesperson Paseka Letsatsi described the rumours as baseless and aimed at causing confusion.