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#See: Africa Tech Week Awards 2025 celebrates innovation

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#See: Hertex HAUS reopens reimagined Bellville Showroom

#See: Hertex HAUS reopens reimagined Bellville Showroom

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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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#BizTrends2024: NPOs face increasing regulatory pressure

Feryal Domingo and Soraya Joonas 22 Jan 2024

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4,000 families to receive houses in the Northern Cape

19 Jan 2024

About 700,000 IDs have been blocked by the Department of Home Affairs without due process. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Home Affairs may no longer block your ID on a whim, court rules

Tania Broughton 17 Jan 2024

JDA breaks ground on Klipfontein Wellness Centre to transform substance abuse treatment

JDA breaks ground on Klipfontein Wellness Centre to transform substance abuse treatment

16 Jan 2024

KFC's Add Hope festive campaign raises over R19m for Gift of the Givers

KFC's Add Hope festive campaign raises over R19m for Gift of the Givers

16 Jan 2024

A view of a live broadcast displayed on a street as pro-Palestinian demonstrators protest near the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the day judges hear a request for emergency measures to order Israel to stop its military actions in Gaza, in The Hague, Netherlands, 11 January 2024. Reuters/Thilo Schmuelgen

Israel rejects genocide charges, tells World Court it must defend itself

Anthony Deutsch, Toby Sterling and Stephanie van den Berg 12 Jan 2024

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Sassa clarifies report on 74,000 deceased ghost accounts

12 Jan 2024

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SA speaks at ICJ case

11 Jan 2024

Delegates attend the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, 11 September 2023. Reuters/Denis Balibouse/ File Photo

Morocco wins vote to lead UN human rights body after showdown with SA

Reuters 10 Jan 2024

Women Diggers Programme participants obtaining their certificates in computing and communication at the NCR TVET Kathu Campus. Source: Supplied

Sishen and DMRE partner to empower women in mining

9 Jan 2024

Marion Wagner addressing the crowd at Breadline's 30th anniversary.

Eradicating pit latrines in schools should be more than an SDG in 2024

Marian Wagner 8 Jan 2024

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Keaton Harris: Resilient journey to medical triumph

Hannelie Booyens 2 Jan 2024

A flare falls over Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, as seen from southern Israel, 29 December 2023. Reuters/Violeta Santos Moura

South Africa files genocide case against Israel at World Court

Wendell Roelf and Toby Sterling 2 Jan 2024

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Winners of the 2023 Bolt Driver League

27 Dec 2023

Sappi achieves PEFC Group Scheme certification for small growers

Sappi achieves PEFC Group Scheme certification for small growers

Sappi 19 Dec 2023

File photo: Afghan nationals rest at a camp after returning from Pakistan at the Torkham border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan, 14 November 2023. Abdul Khaliq Sediqi/International Rescue Committee (IRC)/ Handout via Reuters/ File photo

Humanitarian crises will worsen in 2024 - International Rescue Committee

Reuters 18 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

Unite to end gender-based violence

Unite to end gender-based violence

The Social Employment Fund 11 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

Image: HH Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates (7th R), stands for a photograph the Zayed Sustainability Prize with the winners during COP28 UAE, Al Wasl Plaza, Expo City. Seen with HE Dr Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, Director General of the Zayed Sustainability Prize, and COP28 President (L). (Hamad Al Kaabi / UAE Presidential Court)

#COP28: Zayed Sustainability Prize winners

4 Dec 2023

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Kiara Health takes vital first step to making woman-controlled HIV prevention a reality

1 Dec 2023

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Why SA companies might not pay living wages

23 Nov 2023

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Govt to launch 16 Days of Activism campaign

21 Nov 2023

South African universities secure R2.31bn in philanthropic funding

South African universities secure R2.31bn in philanthropic funding

14 Nov 2023

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Explore The Unconditioned Mind, a new podcast with Nonkululelo Gobodo

9 Nov 2023

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TB vaccine: WHO expert explains why it's taken 100 years for a scientific breakthrough, and why it's such a big deal

Charles Shey Wiysonge 8 Nov 2023

Mafikeng chosen for sixth Cisco Edge Centre

Mafikeng chosen for sixth Cisco Edge Centre

7 Nov 2023

Athletics - World Athletics Championships - Women's 5000m - Heats - Hayward Field, Eugene, Oregon, US - 20 July 2022 South Africa's Caster Semenya in action during the heat Reuters/Aleksandra Szmigiel/File Photo

Semenya case referred to European rights court's grand chamber

Nick Said 7 Nov 2023

Extraordinary kids, extraordinary experiences

Extraordinary kids, extraordinary experiences

TLC Worldwide Africa 7 Nov 2023

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Minit Money eases SA-Zambia money transfers

6 Nov 2023

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