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In 2025, KFC Add Hope open-sourced its entire child-feeding blueprint and invited Gen Z innovators to improve it. Image supplied.

How SA's young innovators help KFC Add Hope feed more children

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Social development shake-up as Ramaphosa sacks minister

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6 dead and 83,184 affected as Cape Town calls for urgent donations

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Social development shake-up as Ramaphosa sacks minister

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6 dead and 83,184 affected as Cape Town calls for urgent donations

13 May 2026

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People, planet, prosperity: Driving change through solar power

Yellow Door Energy People, planet, prosperity: Driving change through solar power

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Measurable environmental and governance systems for POP Warehouse

Provantage Measurable environmental and governance systems for POP Warehouse

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Trialogue invites nonprofits to shape South Africa’s CSI landscape – and win

Trialogue Trialogue invites nonprofits to shape South Africa’s CSI landscape – and win

12 May 2026

Rocket Creative ignites a holistic future for Dis-Chem’s Million Comforts campaign

Rocket Creative Design & Display Rocket Creative ignites a holistic future for Dis-Chem’s Million Comforts campaign

11 May 2026

Redesigning informal trade: From survival to sustainable growth

The Greater Tygerberg Partnership Redesigning informal trade: From survival to sustainable growth

11 May 2026

A major step for food security in SA: The SABS food donation standard is published

FoodForward SA A major step for food security in SA: The SABS food donation standard is published

11 May 2026

Childline Gauteng and Net#work BBDO call for the preservation of what matters most

TBWA Childline Gauteng and Net#work BBDO call for the preservation of what matters most

7 May 2026

Fragmentation is failing animals; alignment can change their future

FOUR PAWS Fragmentation is failing animals; alignment can change their future

7 May 2026

Business leaders step onto the court to drive holistic change for South Africa’s youth at the CEO Padel Challenge

Medihelp Business leaders step onto the court to drive holistic change for South Africa’s youth at the CEO Padel Challenge

7 May 2026

Slipper Day 2026 offers R2m in instant rewards powered by FoneWorx

Caxton Media Slipper Day 2026 offers R2m in instant rewards powered by FoneWorx

6 May 2026

The real strategy behind commercial water savings

Propelair SA The real strategy behind commercial water savings

5 May 2026

DSJ joins nationwide push to improve waste management

Fibre Circle DSJ joins nationwide push to improve waste management

5 May 2026

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Two Portlands Primary School learners wade through the flooded Westpoort road on their way to school in Mitchells Plain on Monday morning. Photo: David Harrison

In photos: Cape storm wreaks havoc

GroundUp Staff 12 May 2026

Berenice Paulsen (left foreground) at the Bellville Sassa office in November 2025. We then that she had been trying for five months to help her sister Desiree Fredericks (right foreground), to get an Older Persons Grant. Archive photo: Marecia Damons

New Sassa system piloted in Bellville office

Marecia Damons 4 May 2026

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Sassa digitises 70% of records, steps up fraud interventions

30 Apr 2026

What kind of South Africa do we choose to be?

What kind of South Africa do we choose to be?

FOUR PAWS 24 Apr 2026

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SA women's football scores big as Glencore launches girls' league

24 Apr 2026

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Postbank ushers in Sassa black card era with final replacement drive

23 Apr 2026

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More than 40% of Capetonians face severe air pollution health risks

21 Apr 2026

East Coast Radio, LottoStar and Breadline Africa join forces to eradicate pit toilets in KZN schools

East Coast Radio, LottoStar and Breadline Africa join forces to eradicate pit toilets in KZN schools

East Coast Radio 21 Apr 2026

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Wits scientists design SA's first pollution alert app as Jozi battles coal emissions

20 Apr 2026

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Sassa acts swiftly against illegal selling of queue spots at offices

17 Apr 2026

Thousands of grants suspended after Sassa review process in Limpopo

Thembi Siaga 17 Apr 2026

Government services continuing despite Mthatha fire, says Mabuyane

Lubabalo Ngcukana 16 Apr 2026

Sip for a cause with the Kolisi Foundation's new campaign

14 Apr 2026

Two insurance giants dominate Sassa funeral deductions

Anton van Zyl and Raymond Joseph 9 Apr 2026

#EndtfGBV: Build or Break challenges young men to reject toxic digital culture

9 Apr 2026

SA court orders Eskom to disclose R70bn coal and diesel contracts – why the ruling matters

Felix Dube 9 Apr 2026

South Africa’s drinking water systems are critical but stable, warns SANBWA

Charlotte Metcalf 8 Apr 2026

World Health Day: South Africa's public health gains at risk

7 Apr 2026

CoCT completes R7.7m upgrade of Culemborg Safe Space 1 to aid homeless

2 Apr 2026

Postbank to resume black card rollout

Marecia Damons 1 Apr 2026

MultiChoice and Solly Malatsi Legacy Foundation hand over upgraded sports field to empower Limpopo youth

MultiChoice 30 Mar 2026

South Africa needs R250bn just to meet basic climate adaptation needs over the next decade

Anna Taylor 30 Mar 2026

Hout Bay helicopter incident under SANParks, not DFFE, says department

27 Mar 2026

New Cipla and FirstRand partnership is making healthcare accessible again

25 Mar 2026

When life gives Leafline pineapple leaves, it turns them into reusable sanitary products

25 Mar 2026

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