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The power of ethical compliance in shaping sustainable social investmentsThabo Qoako

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South Africa’s new climate targets: balancing ambition with the realities of coal and climate financeRoula Inglesi-Lotz and Jessika Bohlmann

Hundreds of people protested outside the Cape Town Civic Centre on Monday. Photo: Mary-Anne Gontsala

Disability organisations protest against Dial-a-Ride cutsMary-Anne Gontsana

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Sassa launches mandatory biometric enrolment to combat grant fraud

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Plastic microbeads: great in your face wash, bad in your food – how South Africa’s ban can work betterAnusha Rajkaran and Conrad Sparks

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South Africa’s new climate targets: balancing ambition with the realities of coal and climate finance

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Hundreds of people protested outside the Cape Town Civic Centre on Monday. Photo: Mary-Anne Gontsala

Disability organisations protest against Dial-a-Ride cuts

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South Africa defies WHO's health regulations

14 Dec 2023

The Constitutional Court has struck down provisions in the Refugees Act which dictate that asylum seekers who have not renewed their visas within a month of expiry are considered to have permanently abandoned their applications. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks | GroundUp

Constitutional Court win for asylum seekers

Tania Broughton 13 Dec 2023

File photo: United Nations (UN) Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths gestures as he stands near damaged buildings, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake, in Aleppo, Syria, 13 February 023. Reuters/Firas Makdesi

UN appeals for $46bn to meet humanitarian needs in 2024

11 Dec 2023

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HIV vaccine trial in Africa halted after disappointing data

8 Dec 2023

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Sprightly Seed and Bel Porto School bring food security to Cape Town with community market garden

Aa-isha Hassiem 8 Dec 2023

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Have your say on substance use policy

8 Dec 2023

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BUSA and B4SA challenge "unconstitutional" NHI Bill

7 Dec 2023

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Dis-Chem teams with Ezintsha to enhance access to HIV prevention

7 Dec 2023

Source: The South African National Aids Council.

Launch of initiative to end Aids in children by 2030

5 Dec 2023

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Retirement villages - a move away from the concept of the aged home

4 Dec 2023

Reaching water neutrality with Propelair

Reaching water neutrality with Propelair

Propelair SA 1 Dec 2023

A view shows a part of Sidi El Barrak dam at low water levels, in Nafza, west of the capital Tunis, Tunisia, 7 January 2023. Reuters/Jihed Abidellaoui

Climate change is the biggest human health risk, says Africa's disease boss

30 Nov 2023

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Spar helps gig drivers beat the heat with free water

24 Nov 2023

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Why SA companies might not pay living wages

23 Nov 2023

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"Business must stop grovelling and realise its power to oppose NHI"

David Ansara 22 Nov 2023

Call for a national early childhood feeding scheme

Call for a national early childhood feeding scheme

Sonia A. Rao 16 Nov 2023

SMEs benefit from Algoa FM Big Walk for Cancer event

SMEs benefit from Algoa FM Big Walk for Cancer event

Algoa FM 15 Nov 2023

Source: National Foundation for Infectious Diseases.

Fatal diphtheria outbreak claims inmate's life in Western Cape prison

10 Nov 2023

Source: Unicef.

South African Society of Psychiatrists urges global action amid Middle East crisis

Seape Sebolelo 9 Nov 2023

February 2023 flooding. Source: SANews.gov.za

#MTBPS: Funds allocated for future disasters

2 Nov 2023

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Disability grant applicants can lodge an appeal - Sassa

2 Nov 2023

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Sassa gold cards remain valid in December and beyond

31 Oct 2023

Source: Unicef/Mohammad Ajjour. Amal, 7 years old, contemplates her neighbourhood in the wake of the houses being levelled to the ground.

Unicef's urgent call for ceasefire as children's lives hang in the balance

Katja Hamilton 31 Oct 2023

Social relief grant faces scrutiny amid spending cuts

Social relief grant faces scrutiny amid spending cuts

Kopano Gumbi 27 Oct 2023

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Gift of the Givers mobilises R250,000 in aid for Gaza hospitals

20 Oct 2023

Source: WHO. Time is running out to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe if fuel and life-saving health and humanitarian supplies cannot be urgently delivered to the Gaza Strip amidst the complete blockade.

Healthcare crisis at breaking point in Gaza

Katja Hamilton 19 Oct 2023

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SADAG raises alarm over dire state of SA's psychiatric facilities

19 Oct 2023

Source: Reuters. Following last night's deadly strike on a hospital in Gaza, US President Joe Biden's trip to Jordan has been cancelled.

High casualties reported in Gaza hospital strike

18 Oct 2023

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AUC, Africa CDC, and Gavi forge strategic vaccine partnership

16 Oct 2023

Pick n Pay goes pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Pick n Pay goes pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

16 Oct 2023

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