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Shoprite Group awards its best suppliers of 2024

EE Amendment Act in effect from Jan 2025: What you need to know

Kerry Fredericks

Shoprite introduces GetPaid, a self-service payment for small businesses

French brand, Decathlon opens flagship store at Mall of Africa

Dentsu Creative appoints award-winning TJ Njozela as executive creative director

South Africa’s first Influencer Benchmark Report sets the stage for more impactful campaigns in 2025

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SA Harvest Virtual Food Pantry launches this GivingTuesday

Source: Photo by Derrick Sumpter Jr on Unsplash.

Nationwide crackdown: 200,000 spaza shops targeted in urgent health safety auditKatja Hamilton

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South Africa declares national disaster as foodborne illnesses rise dramatically

25 Nov 2024

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Child pesticide poisonings a contributing factor of SA’s pending waste crisis, says expert

21 Nov 2024

Postbank has started introducing a new Black Card for Sassa beneficiaries. The current Gold Cards were set to expire on 31 December, but Postbank has assured grant recipients that they will be able to access their money into the new year. Photo supplied by Sassa

Sassa Gold Cards will remain valid, says Postbank, as deadline looms

Marecia Damons 12 Nov 2024

Prince William, Prince of Wales meets the 2024 Earthshot Prize Finalists at the Kirstenbosch Gardens, in Cape Town, South Africa, 6 November 2024. Victoria Jones/Pool via Reuters

2024 Earthshot Prize - the 5 winners of £1m

7 Nov 2024

Why SA needs to address its male mental health crisis

Why SA needs to address its male mental health crisis

The Character Company 5 Nov 2024

Pep and Cansa launches The Dry & Detect Towel Initiative

Pep and Cansa launches The Dry & Detect Towel Initiative

5 Nov 2024

Spar commits to ending period poverty by 2030

Spar commits to ending period poverty by 2030

1 Nov 2024

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Relocation of residents in Nelson Mandela Bay flood-prone areas progressing well

31 Oct 2024

Ster-Kinekor’s Vision Mission assists eye care health across SA

Ster-Kinekor’s Vision Mission assists eye care health across SA

30 Oct 2024

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Children call for inclusion of their issues in the National Strategic Plan on GBVF

21 Oct 2024

Q&A: Mokebe Thulo on Building a Better Tomorrow with Aware.org

Q&A: Mokebe Thulo on Building a Better Tomorrow with Aware.org

Aware.org 21 Oct 2024

The South African Breweries has launched a campaign to discourage consumers from drinking and driving which includes a photo of two deceased using parts from the carnage of car accidents (Image supplied)

SAB's 'Drive Sharp' campaign aims for safer roads and responsible drinking this festive season

18 Oct 2024

Business leaders, small and big, can help end homelesssness by offering work experience, says the writer. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

How business can help end homelessness

Leanne Porter and Jesse Laitinen 14 Oct 2024

Boundless and NSPCA unveil Adoptim campaign for World Mental Health Day

Boundless and NSPCA unveil Adoptim campaign for World Mental Health Day

Boundless 11 Oct 2024

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Carbon pricing poses threat to economies of developing countries

11 Oct 2024

Recognising foodbanks as key stakeholders in solving food insecurity, malnutrition, and climate

Recognising foodbanks as key stakeholders in solving food insecurity, malnutrition, and climate

Andy du Plessis, FoodForward SA 8 Oct 2024

Clover continues partnership with PinkDrive for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Clover continues partnership with PinkDrive for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

8 Oct 2024

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

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

Marecia Damons 3 Oct 2024

Vials of the Jynneos smallpox and monkeypox vaccine are placed on a table during a clinic offered by the Pima County Department of Public Health at Abrams Public Health Center in Tucson, Arizona, US, 20 August 2022. Reuters/Rebecca Noble/File Photo

African CDC: More than $800m pledged for mpox response

Anait Miridzhanian 27 Sep 2024

Starting 2025, no junk food ads before 9pm in the UK

13 Sep 2024

A new chapter of leadership begins at Aware.org

A new chapter of leadership begins at Aware.org

Aware.org 11 Sep 2024

Case study: Essenwood - elevated care through staffing partnership

11 Sep 2024

CTM Tokai partners with Mbali Eco Solutions to empower young girls

CTM Tokai partners with Mbali Eco Solutions to empower young girls

OnPoint PR 5 Sep 2024

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

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

Marecia Damons 3 Sep 2024

Dis-Chem and Kolisi Foundation join forces to tackle GBV in SA

Dis-Chem and Kolisi Foundation join forces to tackle GBV in SA

30 Aug 2024

Metropolitan Health, AMS team up to enhance eye care access

26 Aug 2024

Supplied image: The pilot project with NEED, ERA’s Enterprise Development Programme, is based at the Cape Town

Pick n Pay e-waste initiative unlocks job creation for people with disabilities

23 Aug 2024

Blisters for Bread in association with Lucky Star: Entries close 19 August

Blisters for Bread in association with Lucky Star: Entries close 19 August

The Peninsula School Feeding Association 14 Aug 2024

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SA Harvest Virtual Food Pantry launches this GivingTuesday

2 days

Source: Photo by Derrick Sumpter Jr on Unsplash.

Nationwide crackdown: 200,000 spaza shops targeted in urgent health safety audit

Katja Hamilton 29 Nov 2024

Source: Pexels.

South Africa declares national disaster as foodborne illnesses rise dramatically

25 Nov 2024

Source: Supplied.

Child pesticide poisonings a contributing factor of SA’s pending waste crisis, says expert

21 Nov 2024

Postbank has started introducing a new Black Card for Sassa beneficiaries. The current Gold Cards were set to expire on 31 December, but Postbank has assured grant recipients that they will be able to access their money into the new year. Photo supplied by Sassa

Sassa Gold Cards will remain valid, says Postbank, as deadline looms

Marecia Damons 12 Nov 2024

Prince William, Prince of Wales meets the 2024 Earthshot Prize Finalists at the Kirstenbosch Gardens, in Cape Town, South Africa, 6 November 2024. Victoria Jones/Pool via Reuters

2024 Earthshot Prize - the 5 winners of £1m

7 Nov 2024

Why SA needs to address its male mental health crisis

Why SA needs to address its male mental health crisis

The Character Company 5 Nov 2024

Pep and Cansa launches The Dry & Detect Towel Initiative

Pep and Cansa launches The Dry & Detect Towel Initiative

5 Nov 2024

Spar commits to ending period poverty by 2030

Spar commits to ending period poverty by 2030

1 Nov 2024

Image source: Paul H from

Relocation of residents in Nelson Mandela Bay flood-prone areas progressing well

31 Oct 2024

Ster-Kinekor’s Vision Mission assists eye care health across SA

Ster-Kinekor’s Vision Mission assists eye care health across SA

30 Oct 2024

Image source: ximagination –

Children call for inclusion of their issues in the National Strategic Plan on GBVF

21 Oct 2024

Q&A: Mokebe Thulo on Building a Better Tomorrow with Aware.org

Q&A: Mokebe Thulo on Building a Better Tomorrow with Aware.org

Aware.org 21 Oct 2024

The South African Breweries has launched a campaign to discourage consumers from drinking and driving which includes a photo of two deceased using parts from the carnage of car accidents (Image supplied)

SAB's 'Drive Sharp' campaign aims for safer roads and responsible drinking this festive season

18 Oct 2024

Business leaders, small and big, can help end homelesssness by offering work experience, says the writer. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

How business can help end homelessness

Leanne Porter and Jesse Laitinen 14 Oct 2024

Boundless and NSPCA unveil Adoptim campaign for World Mental Health Day

Boundless and NSPCA unveil Adoptim campaign for World Mental Health Day

Boundless 11 Oct 2024

Image source: Chayanit Chankhong – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]

Carbon pricing poses threat to economies of developing countries

11 Oct 2024

Recognising foodbanks as key stakeholders in solving food insecurity, malnutrition, and climate

Recognising foodbanks as key stakeholders in solving food insecurity, malnutrition, and climate

Andy du Plessis, FoodForward SA 8 Oct 2024

Clover continues partnership with PinkDrive for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Clover continues partnership with PinkDrive for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

8 Oct 2024

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

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

Marecia Damons 3 Oct 2024

Vials of the Jynneos smallpox and monkeypox vaccine are placed on a table during a clinic offered by the Pima County Department of Public Health at Abrams Public Health Center in Tucson, Arizona, US, 20 August 2022. Reuters/Rebecca Noble/File Photo

African CDC: More than $800m pledged for mpox response

Anait Miridzhanian 27 Sep 2024

Starting 2025, no junk food ads before 9pm in the UK

13 Sep 2024

A new chapter of leadership begins at Aware.org

A new chapter of leadership begins at Aware.org

Aware.org 11 Sep 2024

Case study: Essenwood - elevated care through staffing partnership

11 Sep 2024

CTM Tokai partners with Mbali Eco Solutions to empower young girls

CTM Tokai partners with Mbali Eco Solutions to empower young girls

OnPoint PR 5 Sep 2024

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

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

Marecia Damons 3 Sep 2024

Dis-Chem and Kolisi Foundation join forces to tackle GBV in SA

Dis-Chem and Kolisi Foundation join forces to tackle GBV in SA

30 Aug 2024

Metropolitan Health, AMS team up to enhance eye care access

26 Aug 2024

Supplied image: The pilot project with NEED, ERA’s Enterprise Development Programme, is based at the Cape Town

Pick n Pay e-waste initiative unlocks job creation for people with disabilities

23 Aug 2024

Blisters for Bread in association with Lucky Star: Entries close 19 August

Blisters for Bread in association with Lucky Star: Entries close 19 August

The Peninsula School Feeding Association 14 Aug 2024

Waste pickers affiliated to the South African Waste Pickers Association (Sawpa) marched to the City of Johannesburg offices in Braamfontein on Tuesday to demand compensation for collecting recyclables and to oppose plans to incinerate waste. Photos: Kimberly Mutandiro / GroundUp

Hundreds of waste pickers march in Joburg demanding compensation

Kimberly Mutandiro 7 Aug 2024

10 new speakers announced for Singularity South Africa Summit 2024

10 new speakers announced for Singularity South Africa Summit 2024

Mann Made 2 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

Beneficiaries are still battling with Sassa’s new biometric system

Marecia Damons 31 Jul 2024

City of Cape Town official Megan Pangeni and Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis toured the City’s new 300-bed Safe Space in Green Point on Monday. Photos: Matthew Hirsch / GroundUp

New shelter for hundreds of homeless people opens in Green Point

Matthew Hirsch 30 Jul 2024

The Department of Social Development’s Annemie Van Reenen with hundreds of files in the registry at the department’s Langa office. A new app is designed to cut down on paperwork and filing for social workers. Photo: Marecia Damons / GroundUp

New app to help Western Cape social workers

Marecia Damons 25 Jul 2024

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#MandelaMonth: 15 companies unite to transform youth services centre in Alexandra

24 Jul 2024

Mandela Day: Gauteng's health initiative clears surgery backlog

18 Jul 2024

People living in makeshift shelters outside the Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town have been cold and wet this week. The site is owned by the Department of Public Works. Photos: Matthew Hirsch / Groundup

Shelters scramble as heavy rain continues

Matthew Hirsch 12 Jul 2024

Long weekend for Cape Winelands and Overberg schools

11 Jul 2024

Leveraging the power of nutrition to drive the potential of young minds

Mandy Murphy 11 Jul 2024