Health & Social Welfare News

#WomensMonth

The accidental path that led Priscilla Young to real estate stardom

Katja Hamilton

Chuma Maqanda: "Be brave, even if your knees are shaking"

Danette Breitenbach

A technologist’s passion for customer-first innovation

BizTrendsTV

RAPT BizTrendsTV: Carmen Murray: The Analogue Renaissance – A return to real-world connection

The Lead Creative

The Lead Creative: Unpacking Cannes 2025 with Xolisa Dyeshana and Saf Sindhi

Subscribe & Follow

Advertise your job vacancies

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

Image credit: George Prentzas on Unsplash

Sassa launches mandatory biometric enrolment to combat grant fraud

Image credit:

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

City Lodge Hotels an ally for autism lifelong learning

City Lodge Hotels an ally for autism lifelong learningCity Lodge Hotels

Image credit: Iwisa No. 1

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

Image credit: George Prentzas on Unsplash

Sassa launches mandatory biometric enrolment to combat grant fraud

1 day

Image credit:

Plastic microbeads: great in your face wash, bad in your food – how South Africa’s ban can work better

By Anusha Rajkaran and Conrad Sparks 1 day

More news

Source:

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

Source: Supplied.

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

24 Jul 2024

Source:

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

Source:

Long weekend for Cape Winelands and Overberg schools

11 Jul 2024

Source:

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

Source:

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

Takudzwa Pongweni 11 Jul 2024

Image source: Lawrence Wee –

Western Cape schools shut due to bad weather on 11 July

10 Jul 2024

Source:

Rio Tinto teams up with PinkDrive for community health screenings

10 Jul 2024

Image source: Denniz Futalan from

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

Bukhobethu Matyeni 10 Jul 2024

SA Harvest #BucketsofNutrition - image supplied

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

Source:

HASA welcomes GNU, commits to healthcare reforms

2 Jul 2024

Source: © fotoknips - Fotolia.com

Supreme Court rejects settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma

Jonathan Lipson 28 Jun 2024

Source: @DIRCO_ZA/X

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

Source: Supplied. Lee Callakoppen, Bonitas Medical Fund; Themba Hadebe, Bonitas Medical Fund; Imtiaz Sooliman, Gift of The Givers; Priya Soma Pillay, University of Pretoria and Hope Mpshe of Kalafong Hospital.

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

25 Jun 2024

Source: Climate Change as a Human Rights Risk: A Resource for Health and Education Rights Activists in South Africa.

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

Source: Supplied. Kopano Tholo, drone expert at ITOO Special Risks.

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

Image:

Buffalo City search and rescue operations continue

4 Jun 2024

Let's do Biz