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Leanne Emery-Hunter named Tshikululu Social Investments CEO

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Eastern Cape floods claim 90 lives amid ongoing relief efforts

Many recipients of the R370-a-month Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant say they are battling with SASSA’s online verification system. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Social grants go unpaid as beneficiaries struggle with Sassa’s systemMarecia Damons

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Healthcare, poverty alleviation at the heart of Bill Gates' final philanthropic pushMaroefah Smith

Medical students open SA's first organ donor support unit at Tygerberg Hospital

Medical students open SA's first organ donor support unit at Tygerberg Hospital

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Eastern Cape floods claim 90 lives amid ongoing relief efforts

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Many recipients of the R370-a-month Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant say they are battling with SASSA’s online verification system. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Social grants go unpaid as beneficiaries struggle with Sassa’s system

Marecia Damons 12 Jun 2025

Mandela Day 2025 - Uniting to combat poverty and inequity

Mandela Day 2025 - Uniting to combat poverty and inequity

Optimize Agency 12 Jun 2025

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Healthcare, poverty alleviation at the heart of Bill Gates' final philanthropic push

Maroefah Smith 12 Jun 2025

Breaking silos: Bold call for cross-sector alliances to boost social development in South Africa

Breaking silos: Bold call for cross-sector alliances to boost social development in South Africa

Trialogue 10 Jun 2025

Key appointments to stabilise the Department of Social Development

Key appointments to stabilise the Department of Social Development

9 Jun 2025

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Cabinet sent basic income grant plan back to the drawing board

Marecia Damons 9 Jun 2025

Blind SA went to the high courts in Pretoria and Pietermaritzburg to appoint curators for two special schools it says are failing to adequately provide for learners with disabilities. Illustration: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

Blind SA takes schools to court over conditions for children with disabilities

Ohene Yaw Ampofo-Anti 9 Jun 2025

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Lesotho’s health system has been decimated by US funding cuts

Sechaba Mokhethi 2 Jun 2025

We don’t just drive sustainability; we empower the masses to lead it

We don’t just drive sustainability; we empower the masses to lead it

Propelair SA 2 Jun 2025

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Not just another caretaker: Why ECD educators need specialised training

Sigamoney Naicker 29 May 2025

Sinamuva Crèche has not received subsidy payments for two months. Photo: Joseph Bracken / GroundUp

KwaZulu-Natal government ordered to pay crèches

Joseph Bracken and Tsoanelo Sefoloko 28 May 2025

Butterfly House: Unfolding hope

Butterfly House: Unfolding hope

Marilyn Keegan, COHSASA 22 May 2025

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#Budget3.0: Social grant increases remain in place

22 May 2025

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Public Works buildings to be turned into GBV shelters

21 May 2025

Source: Supplied. Robert Erasmus, managing director at Sanitech.

How in-home sanitation is revolutionising life in South Africa's informal settlements

Robert Erasmus 19 May 2025

Sauce Advertising wins Gold at the Smarties Awards

Sauce Advertising wins Gold at the Smarties Awards

Sauce Advertising 12 May 2025

For the past four years, Streetscapes has been running a self-sufficient laundry at its urban farm in the city centre. The organisation plans to replicate the solar- and rainwater-powered laundromat and showers at the new site to cut operational costs and reduce pressure on municipal infrastructure. Photos: Marecia Damons / GroundUp

Plan to use properties owned by City of Cape Town for homeless project

Marecia Damons 12 May 2025

Organisations funded by the Gauteng Department of Social Development are facing late payments and have concerns over contracts. Illustration: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

Gauteng welfare organisations worried about late payments

Joseph Bracken 8 May 2025

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Africa’s healthcare funding crisis: 3 strategies to manage deadly diseases

Francisca Mutap 24 Apr 2025

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US funding cuts could cause over 150,000 extra HIV infections in SA by 2028

Jesse Copelyn 23 Apr 2025

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Calls for global justice: South Africa reacts to Gaza hospital strike

21 Apr 2025

Source: SANews.gov.za

Reserve Bank halts Sassa card switch, sparking concern among grant recipients

17 Apr 2025

Sappi Southern Africa launches 2024 Corporate Citizenship Report

Sappi Southern Africa launches 2024 Corporate Citizenship Report

Sappi 17 Apr 2025

Source: Institute for Molecular Bioscience.

Calls for private labs to solve South Africa's DNA backlog grow louder

14 Apr 2025

Source: Reuters.

African credit ratings can absorb aid cuts and trade strains, Fitch says

10 Apr 2025

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Home dialysis: The affordable solution for kidney patients in remote areas

10 Apr 2025

South Africa to host Responsible Gambling Summit 2025

South Africa to host Responsible Gambling Summit 2025

Tishala Communications 9 Apr 2025

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