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Tuberculosis

Department of Health relaunches South Africa’s TB Caucus

29 Oct 2025

Financial Services

Sassa says it has fixed most of its audit problems but gaps remain

Marecia Damons 16 Sep 2025

SAPS HQ fiasco: MPs lose patience with Public Works Minister

Infrastructure & Utilities

SAPS HQ fiasco: MPs lose patience with Public Works Minister

Matthew Hirsch 16 Sep 2025

Source: Postbank/Facebook.

Banking

Financial inclusion at stake as Postbank faces licensing hurdles

12 Sep 2025

Film & Cinematography

National Film Foundation falters as leadership instability continues

11 Sep 2025

The deadline for the phasing out of SASSA’s Gold Card has been extended for 15 months. Graphic: Lisa Nelson

Health & Social Welfare

New deadline for phase-out of Sassa Gold Cards

4 Sep 2025

About three million SASSA grant beneficiaries receive their grants through Postbank. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Health & Social Welfare

Sassa assures Parliament grants will be paid when Postbank contract ends

Marecia Damons 1 Sep 2025

CETA rejects Sunday Times misleading report on the purchase of its building

Media

CETA rejects Sunday Times misleading report on the purchase of its building

Issued by K and K Media 8 Jul 2025

Source: Living Limpopo.

Construction & Engineering

Multi-billion Limpopo mega-project has ground to a halt

Andries van Zyl 19 Jun 2025

Financial Services

Cabinet sent basic income grant plan back to the drawing board

Marecia Damons 9 Jun 2025

Source: Facebook. Grabouw Khoisan Council.

Property

Future of Khoisan settlement in Grabouw hangs in the balance

Liezl Human 24 Apr 2025

Source: . Acacia Park in July 2020.

Residential Property

Former MPs refuse to leave their subsidised housing in parliamentary villages

7 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

Health & Social Welfare

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

Marecia Damons 24 Mar 2025

Source: Reuters.

Budget Speech

No more headroom: 2025 Budget Speech is bad news for taxpayers

12 Mar 2025

Image source: Petr Malinak –

Climate Change

US withdraws from Just Energy Transition partnership with SA

10 Mar 2025

Image: Flooding in Cape Town recently -

Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology

"New system" is needed to deal with natural disasters in SA

17 Jul 2024

Chief Justice Raymond Zondo -

Law Practice

#SAelections24: Parliament, provincial legislatures lists to be handed over to Chief Justice Zondo

4 Jun 2024

Polymer innovator helps to transform world of medicine

Medical Research

Polymer innovator helps to transform world of medicine

Issued by Stellenbosch University 21 May 2024

Land Policy, Reform & Restitution

Contested Expropriation Bill closer to becoming law, but don’t hold your breath

20 Mar 2024

NSFAS has a horrible day in Parliament

Bursaries, Scholarships & Finance

NSFAS has a horrible day in Parliament

Marecia Damons 15 Feb 2024

Proudly SA encourages MPs and guests to wear local at #Sona2024

Fashion & Homeware

Proudly SA encourages MPs and guests to wear local at #Sona2024

6 Feb 2024

R317m in duplicate payments to lawyers recovered from Road Accident Fund

Automotive

R317m in duplicate payments to lawyers recovered from Road Accident Fund

Chiara Carter 30 Nov 2023

NSFAS budget cuts could leave more than 87,000 students without funding in 2024

Bursaries, Scholarships & Finance

NSFAS budget cuts could leave more than 87,000 students without funding in 2024

Marecia Damons 30 Nov 2023

Criminal Law

NPA under pressure to bring Lottery looters to court

Raymond Joseph 25 Oct 2023

Leadership and governance in crisis at our universities, Parliament told

Higher Education

Leadership and governance in crisis at our universities, Parliament told

Marecia Damons 1 Sep 2023

Prasa's decision to cancel railway security contracts "reckless and irresponsible" says Scopa chair

Transport

Prasa's decision to cancel railway security contracts "reckless and irresponsible" says Scopa chair

Tariro Washinyira 24 Apr 2023

NHI

NHI excludes asylum seekers from healthcare service coverage, legal advisers warn

Katja Hamilton 31 Mar 2023

Tuberculosis

Tackle TB, prevent future pandemics, report finds

22 Mar 2023

Media

MPs question selection of Phatiswa Magopeni to SABC board

16 Mar 2023

Want a production scheduling system? Here's everything you need to know

Design & Manufacturing

Want a production scheduling system? Here's everything you need to know

Anton Oosthuizen, Issued by QuickEasy Software 14 Nov 2022

Ford SA helps learners acquire mechatronics tech skills

Dealers

Ford SA helps learners acquire mechatronics tech skills

1 Nov 2022

Source: FreePik

Finance

After a massive outcry from civil society, Finance committee refuses to rubber-stamp greylisting bill

Marianne Merten 12 Oct 2022

Illustration: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

Medical Law

Mom wins court battle against medical scheme

Tania Broughton 29 Aug 2022

Trends

The pound faces 'perfect storm' despite UK Johnson's narrow win

7 Jun 2022

Plotting the way forward in fuel and forecourt retailing

Exhibitions & Events

Plotting the way forward in fuel and forecourt retailing

3 Jun 2022

Free professional bartender training to empower unemployed young adults in SA

Hospitality

Free professional bartender training to empower unemployed young adults in SA

26 Apr 2022

SA strikes deal to buy gas from Mozambique

Coal, Oil & Gas

SA strikes deal to buy gas from Mozambique

4 Apr 2022

Media

SONA sees a mostly neutral media response

22 Feb 2022

Economy

#SOPA2022: Premier Alan Winde pays lip service to gender-based violence

Katja Hamilton 17 Feb 2022

Image source: Thought Catalog from

Internet

Eswatini tells mobile operators to suspend Facebook access after protests

Lunga Masuku 22 Oct 2021

Over 100 countries back Trips waiver on Covid-19 vaccines

Covid-19

Over 100 countries back Trips waiver on Covid-19 vaccines

7 May 2021

Short-haul flight ban is a good start - now we need to reimagine the modern airport

Aviation

Short-haul flight ban is a good start - now we need to reimagine the modern airport

Enrica Papa and Luis Delgado 3 May 2021

SA's paperless vaccine rollout highlights importance of data management

Data & Analytics

SA's paperless vaccine rollout highlights importance of data management

Hemant Harie 26 Apr 2021

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

More coal-fired power or 100% renewables? For the next few decades, both paths are wrong

22 Apr 2021

TCM introduces the work-from-home MPS Connector

HR Tools & Software

TCM introduces the work-from-home MPS Connector

Issued by TCM 5 Feb 2021

Support for varsity students to complete academic year

Higher Education

Support for varsity students to complete academic year

11 Nov 2020

Eskom head office

Energy

Eskom probe leads to four arrests, 5,000 face disciplinary proceedings

15 Oct 2020

A man makes a payment from his mobile phone for basic food items including bread at a local tuck shop in Epworth, on the outskirts of Harare. Photo by Jekesai Njikizana/AFP via Getty Images

Fintech

Zimbabwe's restrictions on mobile money transfers are a blow to financial inclusion

Marcia Kwaramba 14 Oct 2020