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4 Sassa officials fired following R33m social grants fraud scheme

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

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

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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

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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False Bay seabed acts as a “storage reservoir for pollution”

24 Jun 2026

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Steadfast Africa raises over R2m for Kolisi Foundation and Good Work Foundation

23 Jun 2026

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UCT develops world’s first early biodiversity heat warning system

22 Jun 2026

Left to right: Dr Bilal Bobat, Professor Jerome Loveland, Dr Sharan Rambarran and Dr Dinen Parbhoo — the transplant team at Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre (WDGMC). Image supplied.

Weelee donation takes Wits Medical Centre's transplant care to the next level

17 Jun 2026

Mbuyisa Makhubu carries Hector Pieterson after Pieterson was shot and killed at the Soweto Uprising. Antoinette Sithol, Pieterson's sister, runs beside them. Image credit: , via Wikimedia Commons

#YouthMonth | The inheritance of influence: What the youth of 1976 gave today's generation

Jessica Gbedemah 17 Jun 2026

The 2026 Vodacom Eco-Warriors, St John Paul II Secondary School in Elandskop, KZN. Image supplied.

2026 Vodacom Eco-Warriors: SA’s Gen Zs solving the country’s sustainability challenges

17 Jun 2026

Source: GroundUp/Kimberly Mutandiro. Johan Swanepoel and his partner, Wilma De Villiers, outside their home at Sondela Village.

Hundreds of families face eviction from “hijacked” social housing estate

Kimberly Mutandiro 11 Jun 2026

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Food Lover’s Market collects 16 million meals for FoodForward SA

9 Jun 2026

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SA's energy needs and environmental protection square off in court

5 Jun 2026

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FNB commits R1.5m in disaster-relief funding as NMB ramps up response

4 Jun 2026

Topco Media spearheads Environment Month with the 8th edition of ESG: The Future of Sustainability

Topco Media spearheads Environment Month with the 8th edition of ESG: The Future of Sustainability

Topco Media 3 Jun 2026

Dreams begin with slippers: Blu Label Media joins the Slipper Day movement

Dreams begin with slippers: Blu Label Media joins the Slipper Day movement

Blu Label Media 2 Jun 2026

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Sassa grant beneficiaries urged to switch to Black Cards before end August

29 May 2026

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Spar's new radio campaign wants to end period poverty by 2030

28 May 2026

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How Siv Ngesi’s MENstruation Foundation tackles period poverty

25 May 2026

WHO workers mobilised 4.7 tonnes of essential medical supplies and emergency kits to support the affected regions in response to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo from the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi, Kenya. Image credit: World Health Organisation/Handout via Reuters

Gates Foundation commits $15m to Ebola response as WHO suspects 900 cases

25 May 2026

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