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Israel Nkuna

Israel Nkuna is a ward committee representative and community activist in Mahlathi Village, Limpopo.

Latest Work

Time to bust the ghosts in the Social Relief of Distress grant machine

FLAWED SYSTEM OP-ED

10 September 2023

Time to bust the ghosts in the Social Relief of Distress grant machine

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Israel Nkuna

10 April 2023

Open Letter from Mahlathi Village, Limpopo: We need a cure for Insulation Syndrome

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Israel Nkuna

15 September 2022

SA must scrap the threshold for R350 SRD grant to fix a broken system

2 min

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Israel Nkuna

12 June 2022

The state of disaster is not over for us, Mr President

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Israel Nkuna

8 February 2022

Mr President: ‘Make a BIG a flagship project and give us hope again’

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Israel Nkuna

10 November 2021

A household grant is a bad idea — a Basic Income Grant is a necessity

3 min

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Israel Nkuna

9 September 2021

Social Relief of Distress grant application process intensifies the struggle to survive

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