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The Department of Social Development underspent on social grants in the 2025/26 financial year. Illustration: Lisa Nelson

Health & Social Welfare

R4.8-billion meant for social grants goes unspent

Marecia Damons 2 days

Two South African insurance giants collect 87% of all funeral policy premiums deducted directly from pension and disability grants paid out by the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa). Illustration: Lisa Nelson

Health & Social Welfare

Two insurance giants dominate Sassa funeral deductions

Anton van Zyl and Raymond Joseph 9 Apr 2026

Image credit: Sassa

Health & Social Welfare

Sassa announces 2026 grant increases alongside new payment dates

24 Mar 2026

#BudgetSpeech2026: SRD grant unchanged, other Sassa social grants see hike

Health & Social Welfare

#BudgetSpeech2026: SRD grant unchanged, other Sassa social grants see hike

25 Feb 2026

Sassa expects to save more than R341-million in the next financial year after about 35,000 grants were ended after recent reviews. Illustration: Lisa Nelson

Health & Social Welfare

Sassa expects to save R341m by tightening screenings

Marecia Damons 24 Nov 2025

Image credit: on Pexels

Health & Social Welfare

Sassa beneficiaries get R10 boost in October

29 Sep 2025

Health & Social Welfare

Sassa issues urgent warning against illegal social grant deductions

15 Aug 2025

Image source: Yuri Minaev –

Health & Social Welfare

#Budget3.0: Social grant increases remain in place

22 May 2025

KlevaMova customers travel on the Gautrain free this weekend

Transport

KlevaMova customers travel on the Gautrain free this weekend

20 May 2025

Public Health

Unemployed doctors march to Union Buildings

Silver Sibiya 28 Feb 2024

Taxation & Regulation

SA rejects expanding VAT exemptions

17 Nov 2023

Image source: michael spring –

Health & Social Welfare

Disability grant applicants can lodge an appeal - Sassa

2 Nov 2023

Informal traders inside Cape Town mall told to vacate by next Sunday

Informal Retailing

Informal traders inside Cape Town mall told to vacate by next Sunday

Ashraf Hendricks 3 Mar 2023

Rate hikes add to financial pressure for property owners, tenants

Residential Property

Rate hikes add to financial pressure for property owners, tenants

4 Aug 2021

NSFAS calls on grant beneficiaries to apply

Higher Education

NSFAS calls on grant beneficiaries to apply

25 Sep 2018

Former Gauteng health MEC, Qedani Mahlangu. Photo: Oupa Nkosi

Mental health

#LifeEsidimeni: In six weeks we'll know if Qedani Mahlangu will be prosecuted

Mia Malan 26 Mar 2018

Six challenges that impede entrepreneurs with disabilities in South Africa

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Six challenges that impede entrepreneurs with disabilities in South Africa

Eugine Tafadzwa Maziriri 9 Mar 2018

Adopt-a-School profiles its star matriculants

Primary & Secondary Education

Adopt-a-School profiles its star matriculants

Issued by Adopt-a-School 7 Jan 2016

Young women are lobbying government for youth friendly clinics.

Health & Social Welfare

The right way to deal with teenage pregnancies

Catherine van Schoor 2 Oct 2015

South Africans are underinsured for disability

Insurance & Actuarial

South Africans are underinsured for disability

19 May 2014

South Africans are under-insured for death‚ disability

Insurance & Actuarial

South Africans are under-insured for death‚ disability

Gillian Jones 15 Nov 2013

Mental health

The patient who cried wolf: Assuming the sick role

Chamendran Naidoo 23 Oct 2012

BMi Research puts building blocks in place for a better future

ESG

BMi Research puts building blocks in place for a better future

Issued by BMi Research 16 Oct 2012

Public Health

Social workers seek ill breadwinners

18 Jan 2012

Tuberculosis

Dept warns against buying TB saliva

16 Sep 2009

Management

Call to people with disabilities

Ivor Blumenthal 14 Jun 2007