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GH Bank records H1 mortgage growth

During the first half of this year, new lending by the Government Housing (GH) Bank, a state financial institution specialising in mortgages, grew 15% year-on-year, with robust gains among low- and middle-income borrowers.

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A deadly silence — SA’s failure to protect whistleblowers and human rights defenders

As killings of whistleblowers and activists go unpunished, South Africa's delayed legislative reforms expose a fatal lack of political will to protect those exposing corruption.

  • South Africa's failure to protect whistleblowers and human rights defenders leads to deadly silence.
  • Babita Deokaran's killers convicted, but those who ordered her murder remain at large.
  • Five-year delay in Protected Disclosures Bill approval highlights lack of political will.

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