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Calls for private labs to solve South Africa's DNA backlog grow louder

14 Apr 2025

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African credit ratings can absorb aid cuts and trade strains, Fitch says

10 Apr 2025

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Home dialysis: The affordable solution for kidney patients in remote areas

10 Apr 2025

South Africa to host Responsible Gambling Summit 2025

South Africa to host Responsible Gambling Summit 2025

Tishala Communications 9 Apr 2025

The Department of Social Development is proposing changes to the Social Assistance Act, including removing questions about the income of applicants for the R370-a-month Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant. Archive photo: Mosima Rafapa/GroundUp

Department of Social Development proposes changes to SRD grant application

Marecia Damons 9 Apr 2025

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Living with multiple chronic conditions cuts lives short – but Africans are overlooked in research

Isaac Kisiangani, Michele Ramsay, and Michelle Kamp 8 Apr 2025

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Hundreds at risk of flooding as Vaal Dam surpasses safe water levels

8 Apr 2025

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2025 Budget revealed: 61% allocated to social needs, says Ramaphosa

7 Apr 2025

Supplied image: SA Harvest, Martin van Staden and SA Rugby Legends

Rugby Legends, SA Harvest champion food security initiative at Epworth Children’s Village

2 Apr 2025

Inside Beiersdorf SA's sustainability journey: From product innovation to community care

Inside Beiersdorf SA's sustainability journey: From product innovation to community care

Genesha Naidoo 2 Apr 2025

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The N4G Summit: Linking agriculture to better health in South Africa

Katja Hamilton 1 Apr 2025

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Another extension for Sassa beneficiaries to switch to black cards

1 Apr 2025

The retired coal-fired Komati Power Station, operated by Eskom, is seen near Komati village, in the Mpumalanga province in South Africa, 9 May 2024. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

South Africa grants Eskom coal plants limited emissions exemptions

Wendell Roelf 1 Apr 2025

Sassa presented its audit action plan to Parliament on Wednesday. Archive photo of people queueing for social grants in Eerste River in 2018. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Sassa explains why it paid grants to 75,000 dead people

Marecia Damons 24 Mar 2025

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