https://www.bizcommunity.com/196/629.html South Africa news 15 Health & Social Welfare news - South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/logo.gif https://www.bizcommunity.com/196/629.html en-us Mon, 05 Oct 2026 08:18:58 +0200 https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/cape-town-stadium-urine-recycling-innovator-selected-for-2026-africa-prize-747712a South African chemical engineer Dyllon Randall, who co-founded a modular urine-to-fertiliser recovery system at the Cape Town Stadium, is among four innovators selected from a shortlist of 16 to compete for the 2026 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation. 1-272102 Tue, 29 Sep 2026 12:06:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Health & Social Welfare South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/amka-give-love-campaign-puts-charity-support-into-the-shopping-basket-303628a For consumers, giving back does not always start with a separate donation. Sometimes it can begin with products already on the shopping list. 1-272073 Mon, 28 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Health & Social Welfare South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/sassa-pensioners-complain-to-minister-about-deductions-from-their-grants-419209a Social Development minister Dina Pule and Themba Matlou, CEO of the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) conducted an oversight visit to the Delft office in Cape Town on Monday. Grant beneficiaries complained of unauthorised deductions from their social grants as well as long queues and insufficient toilets. At the Bellville office which Pule had visited a month ago, some beneficiaries complained they still had to spend hours in queues. 1-271965 Wed, 23 Sep 2026 11:29:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Health & Social Welfare South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/sassas-automated-srd-grant-checks-draw-criticism-from-legal-expert-297317a A legal expert at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits University) has raised concerns about the South African Social Security Agency’s (Sassa) automated verification system for the R370 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant. 1-271770 Wed, 16 Sep 2026 10:30:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Health & Social Welfare South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/activists-appeal-cape-town-data-centre-approval-308448a Civil society groups say Equinix’s data centre was approved without considering its impact on nearby communities. 1-271723 Tue, 15 Sep 2026 08:38:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Health & Social Welfare South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/green-businesses-win-big-at-nedbank-green-economy-indaba-964434a Three South African green entrepreneurs shared R710,000 in funding and business support at the 2026 Nedbank Green Economy Indaba and the Nedbank Green Economy Awards in Johannesburg, Houghton. 1-271504 Mon, 07 Sep 2026 10:42:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Health & Social Welfare South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/why-is-sanitation-technology-essential-520250a Efficient sanitation technology is essential because modern commercial and public washrooms need to do more than simply function. They need to save resources, be actively managed and provide measurable evidence of their performance. 1-271316 Mon, 31 Aug 2026 16:55:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Health & Social Welfare South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/dont-be-in-sassas-black-books-deadline-for-postbank-black-card-switch-arrives-419099a A total of 70,000 South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) beneficiaries have yet to collect their Postbank black card as the deadline to switch from the gold card arrives. 1-271285 Mon, 31 Aug 2026 10:09:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Health & Social Welfare South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/bringing-the-heat-new-women-led-foundation-boosts-sas-cervical-cancer-elimination-strat-186756a South African women doctors — Dr Carrie Minnaar, Dr Prinitha Pillay, and Dr Thanushree Naidoo — have joined forces to launch a new non-profit organisation to make a clinically proven adjunctive cancer treatment technology available at public hospitals across the country. 1-271208 Thu, 27 Aug 2026 11:56:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Health & Social Welfare South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/sassas-r370-month-grant-has-its-day-in-the-supreme-court-of-appeal-075085a The affordability of the South African Social Security Agency’s (Sassa) R370-a-month Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant, introduced during the Covid-19 pandemic, was challenged in the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA), which reserved judgment. 1-271147 Wed, 26 Aug 2026 08:31:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Health & Social Welfare South Africa