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Why is sanitation technology essential?Propelair SA

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Don’t be in Sassa’s black books: Deadline for Postbank black card switch arrives

Dr Carrie Minnaar and the modulated electro-hyperthermia device used in the landmark phase III randomised controlled trial at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital through Wits University on locally advanced cervical cancer. Image supplied.

Bringing the HEAT: New women-led foundation boosts SA’s cervical cancer elimination strat

Source: Supplied. Jennifer Erasmus, Trellidor’s new chief financial officer and executive director, effective 1 July 2026.

#WomensMonth | What happens when safer spaces become a business’s most powerful legacy? Jennifer Erasmus explains.Katja Hamilton

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Don’t be in Sassa’s black books: Deadline for Postbank black card switch arrives

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Dr Carrie Minnaar and the modulated electro-hyperthermia device used in the landmark phase III randomised controlled trial at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital through Wits University on locally advanced cervical cancer. Image supplied.

Bringing the HEAT: New women-led foundation boosts SA’s cervical cancer elimination strat

27 Aug 2026

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Sassa’s R370-a-month grant has its day in the Supreme Court of Appeal

26 Aug 2026

The anti-femicide demonstration in Cape Town, South Africa, following the death of Uyinene Mrwetyana outside the Houses of Parliament whilst President Cyril Ramaphosa gives a speech. Image credit: , , via Wikimedia Commons

Why South African businesses need to invest in GBVF prevention

Virginia Francis 25 Aug 2026

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Treasury targets unclaimed retirement benefits in proposed R88bn overhaul

24 Aug 2026

Newly appointed Minister of Social Development Dina Pule speaks to beneficiaries at the Sassa Bellville office on Thursday. Photos: Matthew Hirsch

“We are failing them” Sassa staff tell minister

Matthew Hirsch 17 Aug 2026

From GuguByGugu to FoodForward SA: Meet the 2026 Eco-Logic Award finalists

14 Aug 2026

Source: Supplied. Jennifer Erasmus, Trellidor’s new chief financial officer and executive director, effective 1 July 2026.

#WomensMonth | What happens when safer spaces become a business’s most powerful legacy? Jennifer Erasmus explains.

Katja Hamilton 14 Aug 2026

“Sustainability starts with a genuine commitment to want to achieve meaningful impact,” says Empact’s group sustainability executive Lara Barlow. Image supplied.

Empowering people to prosper: Inside Empact’s first sustainability report

Maroefah Smith 12 Aug 2026

Source: Supplied. Shameer Chothia is the principal consultant at Momentum Consultants and Actuaries.

Beyond tax-free pensions: Rethinking retirement income in South Africa

Shameer Chothia 4 Aug 2026

Social grant beneficiaries have until 31 August to switch from the Sassa Gold Card to the Postbank Black Card. Archive photo: supplied

Sassa Gold Card: 280,000 people still need to switch

Marecia Damons 30 Jul 2026

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Sassa announces August payment delay for beneficiaries under review

29 Jul 2026

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Africa to weather billion-dollar storm as “super” El Niño approaches

Simon Jessop and Marc Jones 27 Jul 2026

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From WhatsApp to queues and 350k reviews: Sassa to save R1.5bn

22 Jul 2026

A Sudanese refugee girl displaced by clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese army at the Tine transit camp in eastern Chad. Image credit: Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh/File Photo

El Niño, Strait of Hormuz deadlock threaten strides made to end global hunger

Giselda Vagnoni and Oriana Boselli 21 Jul 2026

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4 Sassa officials fired following R33m social grants fraud scheme

17 Jul 2026

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Proudly South African and Aranda show the impact of buying local this Mandela Month

15 Jul 2026

Akhoma Qengqe, general manager of KFC Africa, with the Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities and Minister of Social Development, Sindisiwe Chikunga. Image supplied.

Doing finger-licking good: KFC Africa serves up its first-ever impact report

KFC Africa 15 Jul 2026

Makro and 67 Blankets invite shoppers to knit longest scarf for charity

Makro and 67 Blankets invite shoppers to knit longest scarf for charity

9 Jul 2026

WWF South Africa’s Mandela Day campaign calls on South Africans to dedicate their 67 minutes to nature close to home or even at home. Image supplied.

WWF South Africa’s Mandela Day campaign asks SA to sweep before Mother Nature’s door

8 Jul 2026

Hill in siliciclastic strata (mud or siltstones capped by solid sandstone) of Teekloof or Abrahamskraal formation (Beaufort Group) of the main Karoo Basin. Image credit: , , via Wikimedia Commons

SA shale gas exploration on shaky ground as UCT study uncovers earthquake risk

7 Jul 2026

CorpsAfrica South Africa opens applications for Cohort 3 of its 2026/2027 volunteer programme

CorpsAfrica South Africa opens applications for Cohort 3 of its 2026/2027 volunteer programme

CorpsAfrica South Africa 6 Jul 2026

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Amazon-backed spekboom carbon removal programme to create 11,000 jobs

2 Jul 2026

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The new threat to South Africa’s children is not on the streets; it’s online

Rebecca Matle, Tsholofelo Makhathini, Faaiza Gangat, and Minah Mojela 30 Jun 2026

Springbok captain Siya Kolisi founded the Kolisi Foundation to help remove barriers that prevent young people from reaching their full potential. Image supplied.

How Emirates and Siya Kolisi are using rugby to tackle childhood hunger

30 Jun 2026

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What is behind South Africa's anti-immigrant protests?

Tim Cocks 29 Jun 2026

#YouthMonth | Walk in the footsteps of SA schoolchildren and get them school shoes

#YouthMonth | Walk in the footsteps of SA schoolchildren and get them school shoes

Danette Breitenbach 26 Jun 2026

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South Africa’s social housing under strain as occupation disputes escalate, Nasho warns

25 Jun 2026

The Department of Social Development underspent on social grants in the 2025/26 financial year. Illustration: Lisa Nelson

R4.8-billion meant for social grants goes unspent

Marecia Damons 25 Jun 2026

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