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About three million SASSA grant beneficiaries receive their grants through Postbank. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Health & Social Welfare

Sassa assures Parliament grants will be paid when Postbank contract ends

Marecia Damons 1 Sep 2025

Energy

SA’s electricity price is soaring. Why protests are often the only way for people to be heard

Luke Sinwell 18 Aug 2025

Key appointments to stabilise the Department of Social Development

ESG & Sustainability

Key appointments to stabilise the Department of Social Development

9 Jun 2025

Image source: Yuri Minaev –

Health & Social Welfare

#Budget3.0: Social grant increases remain in place

22 May 2025

No relief for grant recipients, hikes loom and food prices remain unaffordable

Banking & Finance

No relief for grant recipients, hikes loom and food prices remain unaffordable

Naledi Sikhakhane 14 Apr 2025

The Department of Social Development is proposing changes to the Social Assistance Act, including removing questions about the income of applicants for the R370-a-month Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant. Archive photo: Mosima Rafapa/GroundUp

Health & Social Welfare

Department of Social Development proposes changes to SRD grant application

Marecia Damons 9 Apr 2025

Source: Reuters.

Economy

2025 Budget revealed: 61% allocated to social needs, says Ramaphosa

7 Apr 2025

Is a VAT rate increase to 17% justifiable?

Taxation & Regulation

Is a VAT rate increase to 17% justifiable?

Issued by SAICA 11 Mar 2025

Regulations limiting the access to the R370-a-month Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant have been found to be unconstitutional and invalid by the High Court in Pretoria on Thursday. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Health & Social Welfare

Explosive court ruling on SRD grant

Marecia Damons 24 Jan 2025

The South African Social Security Agency is to suspend payment of Social Relief of Distress grants where fraud is suspected. Archive photo: Barbara Maregele / GroundUp

Health & Social Welfare

Sassa to suspend SRD grants where fraud is suspected

Marecia Damons 22 Jan 2025

Criminal Law

How the SRD grant system has been defrauded

Nathan Geffen 2 Jan 2025

Child malnutrition statistics are going the wrong way

Food, Water & Energy Security

Child malnutrition statistics are going the wrong way

Andy Du Plessis, Issued by FoodForward SA 8 Nov 2024

More than 17 million people applied for the R370 grant in September

Health & Social Welfare

More than 17 million people applied for the R370 grant in September

Marecia Damons 3 Oct 2024

Socal grant applicants queue at the Eerste River Sassa office. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Health & Social Welfare

Rules for R370-a-month social grant to be challenged in court in October

Marecia Damons 3 Sep 2024

Image source: Vitaliy Vodolazskyy –

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Gauteng municipalities to launch online indigent register

26 Aug 2024

Queues for social grants in Kuyasa, Cape Town. Beneficiaries of the Social Relief of Distress Grant are struggling with identity verification processes. Archive photo: Mary-Anne Gontsana / GroundUp

Health & Social Welfare

Beneficiaries are still battling with Sassa’s new biometric system

Marecia Damons 31 Jul 2024

Some SRD grant beneficiaries with green ID books have been struggling to access their R370-per-month grant due to a new identity verification process. Archive photo: Mosima Rafapa / GroundUp

Health & Social Welfare

Here’s why people with green ID books are struggling with Sassa’s new verification process

Marecia Damons 27 Jun 2024

Health & Social Welfare

R350 grant to increase in April

14 Mar 2024

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana had some tough love for the SOEs

Mining

#BudgetSpeech2024: Mining industry’s struggle amid economic challenges

22 Feb 2024

Image source: Vitaliy Vodolazskyy –

Health & Social Welfare

#BudgetSpeech2024: Social grants to increase in 2024

21 Feb 2024

Budget Speech

Budget 2024: Mixed expectations in an election year

George Herman 19 Feb 2024

Health & Social Welfare

#Sona2024: Govt to extend and improve R350 social relief grant

9 Feb 2024

Taxation & Regulation

SA rejects expanding VAT exemptions

17 Nov 2023

Economy

#MTBPS: South Africa's fiscal peril demands action

Raymond Parsons 2 Nov 2023

The Institute for Economic Justice and #PayTheGrants campaign have launched an application in the Pretoria High Court against what they say are exclusionary regulations for the R350 grant. Archive photo: Masego Mafata / GroundUp

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Conditions for R350-a-month grant to be challenged in court

Daniel Steyn 28 Jul 2023

Source: Supplied. Hannes van den Berg, chief executive officer at Consult by Momentum.

Budget Speech

Let's be as prudent with this Budget as consumers are with their household budget

Hannes van den Berg 20 Feb 2023

Source: Twitter. SA Finance Minister, Enoch Godongwana delivers his medium-term budget speech on Wednesday, 26 October.

Economy

#MTBPS: "Failure to deliver on key commitments could elevate policy uncertainty"

27 Oct 2022

#MTBPS: Social Relief of Distress grant extended to March 2024

Health & Social Welfare

#MTBPS: Social Relief of Distress grant extended to March 2024

27 Oct 2022

Image source: Sebastiaan Stam from

HR & Management

Job seekers warned to be careful with their ID numbers

13 Jul 2022

Young man's idea pays off: the story of Lindo's Fast Food

SMEs

Young man's idea pays off: the story of Lindo's Fast Food

Nokulunga Majola 6 Jun 2022

Demand for retail space on the rise - Q1 2022 FNB Property Broker Survey

Retail & Hospitality Property

Demand for retail space on the rise - Q1 2022 FNB Property Broker Survey

John Loos 21 Apr 2022

Image source: Anna Shvets from

Legislation & Regulation

Updated rules for managing Covid-19 in the workplace

Jacques van Wyk and Andre van Heerden 14 Apr 2022

Source: REUTERS.

Covid-19

The National State of Disaster ends

5 Apr 2022

The State of Disaster is a disaster. End it now.

Tourism

The State of Disaster is a disaster. End it now.

Marc Wachsberger 18 Mar 2022

Budget 2022: Longer-term solutions to curb financial difficulty

Taxation & Regulation

Budget 2022: Longer-term solutions to curb financial difficulty

Patricia Williams, Issued by SAICA 8 Mar 2022

Source: Daily Maverick

Economy

#SONA2022: "We're in a battle for the soul of our country"

Katja Hamilton 10 Feb 2022

SA needs to work towards sustainable social protection measures - Presidency

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

SA needs to work towards sustainable social protection measures - Presidency

25 Jan 2022

2022 MTEF to address social grant shortfalls

Health & Social Welfare

2022 MTEF to address social grant shortfalls

12 Nov 2021

Source: ©Danette Bretienbach

Economy

MTBPS focus: finance minister takes tough stance

Danette Breitenbach 11 Nov 2021

Source: ©langstrup

Economy

First SRC payout from retailers

22 Sep 2021

5 key reasons why basic income support for poor South Africans makes sense

Health & Social Welfare

5 key reasons why basic income support for poor South Africans makes sense

Stephen Devereux 2 Aug 2021

Covid-19 pandemic has triggered a rise in hunger in South Africa

Food, Water & Energy Security

Covid-19 pandemic has triggered a rise in hunger in South Africa

Servaas van der Berg and Leila Patel 23 Jul 2021

Treasury considering return of Covid-19 R350 grant

Health & Social Welfare

Treasury considering return of Covid-19 R350 grant

Liezl Human 21 Jul 2021

High Court rules SRD grant should be available to asylum seekers, special permit holders

Human Rights Law

High Court rules SRD grant should be available to asylum seekers, special permit holders

Dibuseng Motlokoa and Laura Macfarlane 24 Jun 2020

Media coverage in SA shows increased calls for Covid-19 communication

Research

Media coverage in SA shows increased calls for Covid-19 communication

14 May 2020

South Africa has raised social grants: Why this shouldn't be a stop-gap measure

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

South Africa has raised social grants: Why this shouldn't be a stop-gap measure

Christopher Webb and Natasha Vally 11 May 2020

#LockdownLessons: There are opportunities in every crisis - Salesian Life Choices' Sofia Neves

NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise

#LockdownLessons: There are opportunities in every crisis - Salesian Life Choices' Sofia Neves

Sindy Peters 7 May 2020

Banking & Finance

Govt considers interventions to protect SA from economic crisis

Bathandwa Mbola 9 Feb 2009

Supply Chain

Challenges posed by high food prices

3 Jul 2008