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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 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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Support over stigma: how pregnant women battling substance use need healthcare, not judgment

4 Mar 2025

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A breath of fresh air: How Kigali’s car-free Sundays keep people moving

Zano Kunene 28 Feb 2025

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South African philanthropists unite for climate action with new pledge

Shan Radcliffe 28 Feb 2025

The Tafelberg school site in 2016. Archive photo: Masixole Feni / GroundUp

Concourt judgment on Tafelberg could change future of social housing

Daniel Steyn and Matthew Hirsch 28 Feb 2025

Source: Reuters. Young residents carry water home after filling up a bottle at a community filling station in the informal settlement of Kanana after individuals died from cholera in Hammanskraal, South Africa, 24 May, 2023.

Former African presidents demand action as debt crisis reaches historic levels

Katja Hamilton 27 Feb 2025

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Vitality Health’s new plan in Tanzania: a game-changer for workplace wellness

Katja Hamilton 26 Feb 2025

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Sex offenders register to be made public: Implications for safety and justice

Brigitta Mangale and Thobeka Nomazizi Dhlamini 26 Feb 2025

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Africa relies too heavily on foreign aid for health – 4 ways to fix this

Francisca Mutapi 25 Feb 2025

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South Africa’s ‘working for water’ programme is meant to lead to skills and jobs: Why it’s failing

Sinazo Ntsonge 24 Feb 2025

Source: Reuters.

Trump's aid cuts stop South African HIV vaccine trials in their tracks

Catherine Schenck 19 Feb 2025

South Africans are embracing eco-friendly practices, but challenges remain

South Africans are embracing eco-friendly practices, but challenges remain

KLA 18 Feb 2025

Deadline for Sassa card transition extended to 20 March 2025

Deadline for Sassa card transition extended to 20 March 2025

14 Feb 2025

The new Postbank Black Card for Sassa beneficiaries. The current Gold Cards will expire on 28 February 2025 and social grant beneficiaries are urged to get their new cards before then. Photo supplied by Sassa

Sassa Gold cards to stop working on 28 February 2025 - beneficiaries urged to replace them

13 Feb 2025

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Davos panel unveils $1tn opportunity by addressing women's health gap

Katja Hamilton 12 Feb 2025

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USAID workforce reduced by 97%

Katja Hamilton 7 Feb 2025

Laurent Muschel, HERA Director General, and Jean Kaseya, Africa CDC Director General, stand near mpox vaccines as first batches arrive at N'Djili International Airport in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, 5 September 2024. Reuters/Justin Makangara/File Photo

Africa's top health official presses US to resume health aid

Jennifer Rigby 6 Feb 2025

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US exits UN-HRC

5 Feb 2025

Aware.org named a top 20 brand in Africa – A game-changer in purpose-driven impact

Aware.org 4 Feb 2025

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‘I’m breaching my Hippocratic oath’ – Trump’s foreign aid freeze halts key HIV programmes

29 Jan 2025

Regulations limiting the access to the R370-a-month Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant have been found to be unconstitutional and invalid by the High Court in Pretoria on Thursday. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Explosive court ruling on SRD grant

Marecia Damons 24 Jan 2025

In the 2000s activists across the world campaigned for antiretroviral treatment to be made available to people with HIV. One of the consequences of this was PEPFAR, the United States government’s foreign aid HIV programme. Since 2003 it has saved millions of lives. But now its future is unclear. Photo from the Treatment Action Campaign’s march for HIV treatment in Cape Town on 14 February 2003. (photographer unknown)

Trump’s sudden suspension of foreign aid puts millions of lives in Africa at risk

Liezl Human 23 Jan 2025

The South African Social Security Agency is to suspend payment of Social Relief of Distress grants where fraud is suspected. Archive photo: Barbara Maregele / GroundUp

Sassa to suspend SRD grants where fraud is suspected

Marecia Damons 22 Jan 2025

Spar and Bata join forces in the Start Like No Other campaign

Spar and Bata join forces in the Start Like No Other campaign

21 Jan 2025

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Lesaka 20 Jan 2025

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eThekwini bans fishing activities in Umngeni Estuary

10 Jan 2025

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South African activists unite in global protests demanding immediate release of Gaza paediatrician Abu-Safiyah

Katja Hamilton 6 Jan 2025

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How the SRD grant system has been defrauded

Nathan Geffen 2 Jan 2025

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St Luke's Hospice in-patient unit shut down

Katja Hamilton 24 Dec 2024

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Boosted corporate social investment: A vital support for SA’s health sector

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