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Many recipients of the R370-a-month Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant say they are battling with SASSA’s online verification system. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Social grants go unpaid as beneficiaries struggle with Sassa’s systemMarecia Damons

Mandela Day 2025 - Uniting to combat poverty and inequity

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Healthcare, poverty alleviation at the heart of Bill Gates' final philanthropic pushMaroefa Smith

Medical students open SA's first organ donor support unit at Tygerberg Hospital

Medical students open SA's first organ donor support unit at Tygerberg Hospital

Breaking silos: Bold call for cross-sector alliances to boost social development in South Africa

Breaking silos: Bold call for cross-sector alliances to boost social development in South AfricaTrialogue

Blind SA went to the high courts in Pretoria and Pietermaritzburg to appoint curators for two special schools it says are failing to adequately provide for learners with disabilities. Illustration: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

Blind SA takes schools to court over conditions for children with disabilitiesOhene Yaw Ampofo-Anti

Mandela Day 2025 - Uniting to combat poverty and inequity

Mandela Day 2025 - Uniting to combat poverty and inequity

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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