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Sassa's biometric drive enrols 42,000 beneficiaries in two weeks

Sassa's biometric drive enrols 42,000 beneficiaries in two weeks

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South Africa urged to strengthen climate plans as 2030 deadline looms

12 Sep 2025

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Sassa and NDA make significant strides in improving South Africa's social services

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African leaders unite to fund $50bn yearly climate initiative despite global setbacks

11 Sep 2025

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South African environmental groups push to block Shell’s new wells – how world court opinion might help

Angela van der Berg 10 Sep 2025

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#EcoLogicAwards25: Celebrating South Africa's greenest innovators

10 Sep 2025

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CapeNature’s new campaign tackles pollution in the Cape

8 Sep 2025

A protest outside the Civic Centre in Cape Town in August after the announcement that the Dial-a-Ride service would be cut back. Archive photo: Mary-Anne Gontsana

City of Cape Town pauses decision to cut Dial-a-Ride services

Tania Broughton and Mary-Anne Gontsana 8 Sep 2025

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#InternationalDayofCharity: The greater impact of NPOs in South Africa

5 Sep 2025

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

4 Sep 2025

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

3 Sep 2025

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Santa Shoebox aims to fill 80,000 boxes in 2025

1 Sep 2025

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

1 Sep 2025

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

Marecia Damons 1 Sep 2025

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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

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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

City Lodge Hotels an ally for autism lifelong learning

City Lodge Hotels an ally for autism lifelong learning

City Lodge Hotels 22 Aug 2025

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

21 Aug 2025

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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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