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Jun 12
DStv’s cheapest satellite package has quietly become harder to find.
EasyView costs R30 a month, but it no longer appears as an online package on the DStv website.
It still exists, but mostly through WhatsApp and the call centre.
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Jun 12
That matters because the next-lowest options cost much more: R99 for Access streaming or R150 for Access satellite.
For households already juggling groceries, transport and electricity, that jump is not small.
It can mean being priced out of basic TV.
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Jun 12
DStv may be simplifying its packages under Canal .
But when the cheapest option becomes harder to find, it raises a bigger question about access.
How are low-income viewers meant to choose EasyView if they don’t know it exists?
Read more: explain.co.za/2026/06/12/is-…
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Jun 12
Ramaphosa’s immigration crackdown may look like action, but history says we should be careful.
Nigeria tried mass expulsions in 1983. Uganda did it in 1972. The US has pushed tough enforcement for years.
The migrants leave. The structural problems stayed.
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Jun 12
SA has every right to enforce immigration laws, secure borders, and fix corruption at Home Affairs.
But undocumented migrants did not create unemployment, weak growth, broken municipalities or failing institutions.
Those problems will not disappear through deportations.
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Jun 12
Crackdowns can make the government look busy.
But what South Africans really need is a state that works.
Read more: explain.co.za/2026/06/12/why…
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Jun 12
We've teamed up with @mailandguardian to bring you this week's news in video. Feroz Khan drops closed-door bid, paper licence discs out, GDP beats forecasts, e-toll debt written off, and Ebola nearing 600 cases in the DRC.
Check out The Wrap 👉 explain.co.za/subscribe
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Jun 11
Here’s your weekly Wrap!
We unpack the latest developments at the Madlanga Commission after investigators accessed Feroz Khan’s devices, and things are getting more interesting by the day. Malema is once again at the centre of a political storm 👀
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Jun 11
We also look at SpaceX’s soaring valuation (at this point, it’s starting to sound fictional).
Plus, with the World Cup kicking off, Bafana are back after 16 years… so where’s the hype?
Full wrap👉 explain.co.za/2026/06/11/11-…
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Jun 11
South Africa’s pensioners are not asking for luxury. They are asking to survive.
The push for an R5 000 old-age grant exposes a brutal truth: for many households, one pensioner’s grant is holding everything together.
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Jun 11
SASSA says it does not decide grant increases. Its job is to administer and pay grants. The government sets the amount.
But pensioners say the problem is also the system: long waits, unclear processes, delayed payments and tech that many older people struggle to use.
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Jun 11
The old-age grant is meant to protect older citizens.
But if people are still left choosing between food, medicine and electricity, the question is not just whether the grant should increase.
It is whether this safety net is strong enough.
Read more: explain.co.za/2026/06/11/why…
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Jun 10
We have never been more ready to lose a circle of paper.
South Africa’s paper licence discs could eventually be replaced by an electronic system, where traffic officers scan your number plate to check your vehicle’s registration details digitally.
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Jun 10
The RTMC says the move is aimed at fighting fraud, including fake and duplicated licence discs. The proposed system would use electronic enforcement devices to scan plates, check details and issue fines digitally.
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Jun 10
Important bit: this is still a planned move, not a completed rollout. Until government confirms the details, your tiny paper licence disc remains very much alive, peeling corners and all.
Read more here: explain.co.za/2026/06/10/ele…
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Jun 10
Quick question, Mzansi: Are you feeling the World Cup hype? 🤔
Bafana Bafana are back after 16 years away, yet many fans say this tournament doesn't feel the same as 2010.
What do you think?
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Jun 10
Remember South Africa’s World Cup fever back in 2010? Bafana Bafana is back in play, but it seems Phillip has come and gone. (If you know, you know). Whatever happened to our gees for the beautiful game?
Read the full opinion piece: explain.co.za/2026/06/10/the…
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Jun 9
The Zondo Commission left SA exhausted. The Madlanga Commission has us hitting refresh.
With allegations of criminal syndicates inside SAPS, political interference and compromised senior officials, it feels like a crime drama except the stakes are painfully real.
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Jun 9
Experts say the difference is that consequences appear to be moving faster: arrests, suspensions and live testimony have made the inquiry feel less toothless.
Can Madlanga lead to lasting police reform, or just another shocking SA storyline?
Read more: explain.co.za/2026/06/09/sas…
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Jun 8
South Africa is back at the World Cup after 16 years, are you feeling the hype?
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