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Santa Shoebox aims to fill 80,000 boxes in 2025

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

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 endsMarecia Damons

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Cholera in northwest Nigeria: Limited healthcare access leaves communities at riskAhmed Kingimi

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 deductionsThembi Siaga and Marecia Damons

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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

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

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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

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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

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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

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Long weekend for Cape Winelands and Overberg schools

11 Jul 2024

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

Mandy Murphy 11 Jul 2024

Pick n Pay donates R100k to aid communities affected by WCape storms

Pick n Pay donates R100k to aid communities affected by WCape storms

11 Jul 2024

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Judge rules former health MEC can be held criminally liable for 9 Life Esidimeni deaths

Takudzwa Pongweni 11 Jul 2024

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Western Cape schools shut due to bad weather on 11 July

10 Jul 2024

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Rio Tinto teams up with PinkDrive for community health screenings

10 Jul 2024

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Cape Town's homeless eviction ruling: Struggle between rights and safety

Bukhobethu Matyeni 10 Jul 2024

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Take up the #BucketsofNutrition Challenge this Mandela Month

5 Jul 2024

Kolisi Foundation and Add Hope partnership turns hunger into play

Kolisi Foundation and Add Hope partnership turns hunger into play

4 Jul 2024

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HASA welcomes GNU, commits to healthcare reforms

2 Jul 2024

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Supreme Court rejects settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma

Jonathan Lipson 28 Jun 2024

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Navigating healthcare reforms in South Africa’s GNU

27 Jun 2024

Some SRD grant beneficiaries with green ID books have been struggling to access their R370-per-month grant due to a new identity verification process. Archive photo: Mosima Rafapa / GroundUp

Here’s why people with green ID books are struggling with Sassa’s new verification process

Marecia Damons 27 Jun 2024

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Bonitas, Gift of the Givers restore reliable water to Kalafong Hospital

25 Jun 2024

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New Section27 report: Climate change threatens child health and education

20 Jun 2024

Lyra Southern Africa and Stops collaborate with schools to enhance student well-being and safety

Lyra Southern Africa and Stops collaborate with schools to enhance student well-being and safety

Enamen Consulting 11 Jun 2024

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Africa sees big uptake of insurance for drone medical deliveries in remote areas

7 Jun 2024

Professor Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela named the 2024 Templeton Prize Laureate

Professor Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela named the 2024 Templeton Prize Laureate

Stellenbosch University 6 Jun 2024

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Buffalo City search and rescue operations continue

4 Jun 2024

Acid mine drainage in Gauteng, South Africa, has polluted the water and soil in Soweto. Courtesy Professor Craig Sheridan, University of the Witwatersrand

Gold mine pollution is poisoning Soweto’s water and soil – study finds food gardens are at risk

Lesego Khomo 28 May 2024

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GBV, NPA Bills signed into law

27 May 2024

Members of non-profit organisations funded by the Gauteng Department of Social Development protested last week because of delays in funding allocations and subsidy payments. Photo: Masego Mafata / GroundUp

Court orders Gauteng government to pay non-profit organisations

Masego Mafata 24 May 2024

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Global health at risk: AHF warns against unfair WHO Pandemic Agreement

24 May 2024

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Mercy Ships launches surgical missions in Madagascar

21 May 2024

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Breathing new life into recycled asthma inhalers

21 May 2024

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