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The deadline for the phasing out of SASSA’s Gold Card has been extended for 15 months. Graphic: Lisa Nelson

New deadline for phase-out of Sassa Gold Cards

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Landslide devastates village in Darfur, over 1,000 feared dead

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Santa Shoebox aims to fill 80,000 boxes in 2025

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Sentinel AI rolls out AI dust monitoring across South African mineral belt

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

Sassa assures Parliament grants will be paid when Postbank contract endsMarecia Damons

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Matchbox reveals the future of urban mobility

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FoodForward SA advocacy secures landmark food donation standard for South Africa

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Africa's leading green hotel – Hotel Verde strikes gold!

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29 Aug 2025

The missing link in SA’s climate agenda: Food loss and waste

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Sentinel AI rolls out AI dust monitoring across South African mineral belt

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

Sassa assures Parliament grants will be paid when Postbank contract ends

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Cholera in northwest Nigeria: Limited healthcare access leaves communities at risk

Ahmed Kingimi 28 Aug 2025

Rezara Makhalimela says he was signed up to a funeral policy with 1Life without his permission. R190 has been deducted from his monthly old-age grant. Photo: Thembi Siaga

Grant beneficiaries confused by funeral policy deductions

Thembi Siaga and Marecia Damons 28 Aug 2025

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The power of ethical compliance in shaping sustainable social investments

Thabo Qoako 27 Aug 2025

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South Africa’s new climate targets: balancing ambition with the realities of coal and climate finance

Roula Inglesi-Lotz and Jessika Bohlmann 27 Aug 2025

Hundreds of people protested outside the Cape Town Civic Centre on Monday. Photo: Mary-Anne Gontsala

Disability organisations protest against Dial-a-Ride cuts

Mary-Anne Gontsana 26 Aug 2025

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Sassa launches mandatory biometric enrolment to combat grant fraud

25 Aug 2025

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Plastic microbeads: great in your face wash, bad in your food – how South Africa’s ban can work better

Anusha Rajkaran and Conrad Sparks 25 Aug 2025

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Boost for community heroes: Iwisa No. 1 raises 2025 competition prize to R400,000

21 Aug 2025

Inside SA’s multi-million rand plan to fill US funding void

Jesse Copelyn 15 Aug 2025

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Sassa issues urgent warning against illegal social grant deductions

15 Aug 2025

The Western Cape Network on Disability has written to Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis urging the City of Cape Town to reconsider its decision to reduce Dial-a-Ride services. Archive photo: Will Yoder

Outcry over cuts to Cape Town’s Dial-a-Ride service

Mary-Anne Gontsana 13 Aug 2025

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How period poverty is derailing education in South Africa

13 Aug 2025

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The science of starvation: this is what happens to your body when it’s deprived of food

Ola Anabtawi and Berta Valente 12 Aug 2025

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Matshepo Msibi named CEO of Ronald McDonald House Charities South Africa

11 Aug 2025

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Gates Foundation leads charge into women’s health with unprecedented $2.5bn fund

8 Aug 2025

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Repairs to crumbling clinic delayed

Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik 4 Aug 2025

Nonkolelo Jijingubo’s husband died of TB in 2009 while working at Beatrix Gold Mine in the Free State. Despite lodging her claim in 2021, she is yet to receive payment. Photo supplied

Huge delays in payouts to miners with silicosis and TB

Sipokazi Fokazi 25 Jul 2025

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Operation Smile to perform 25 surgeries in 2 days

24 Jul 2025

was the master of ceremonies at the Songs for Freedom at St George Cathedral on Friday. She performed with her band, Feminine Force. Photos: Matthew Hirsch

St George’s Cathedral hosts sold-out fundraiser for Gaza

Matthew Hirsch 22 Jul 2025

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Toys R Us wants you to put down the device and play

22 Jul 2025

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Microplastics' escalating threat to SA health, environment

21 Jul 2025

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ARV residues in water pose no risk of HIV transmission

21 Jul 2025

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PNA aims to raise R2.5m for 2025 Funky Socks Day

18 Jul 2025

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