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No relief for grant recipients, hikes loom and food prices remain unaffordable

Banking & Finance

No relief for grant recipients, hikes loom and food prices remain unaffordable

Naledi Sikhakhane 2 days

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

Health & Social Welfare

Department of Social Development proposes changes to SRD grant application

Marecia Damons 9 Apr 2025

Regulations limiting the access to the R370-a-month Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant have been found to be unconstitutional and invalid by the High Court in Pretoria on Thursday. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Health & Social Welfare

Explosive court ruling on SRD grant

Marecia Damons 24 Jan 2025

Socal grant applicants queue at the Eerste River Sassa office. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Health & Social Welfare

Rules for R370-a-month social grant to be challenged in court in October

Marecia Damons 3 Sep 2024

Source: The Banking Association South Africa.

Economy

Central bank in ongoing talks with Treasury to access contingency reserve

28 Nov 2023

Source: Supplied. @WWF/Staff Bosch

Climate Change

Young people empowered to have a say in climate policy

11 Sep 2023

The Institute for Economic Justice and #PayTheGrants campaign have launched an application in the Pretoria High Court against what they say are exclusionary regulations for the R350 grant. Archive photo: Masego Mafata / GroundUp

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Conditions for R350-a-month grant to be challenged in court

Daniel Steyn 28 Jul 2023

SA needs to work towards sustainable social protection measures - Presidency

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

SA needs to work towards sustainable social protection measures - Presidency

25 Jan 2022

WWF-SA launches ambitious climate project

Climate Change

WWF-SA launches ambitious climate project

3 Sep 2021

National Treasury and Finance Minister Tito Mboweni support budget cuts, labour market deregulation, and tax cuts. Getty Images

Finance

South Africa is bent on austerity: there's a strong case that it should change tack

Gilad Isaacs 15 Apr 2020

Minimum wage 'not enough' say farm workers

Agriculture

Minimum wage 'not enough' say farm workers

18 Oct 2019

FairPlay's fight for VAT-free chicken picks up support in Parliament

Regulatory

FairPlay's fight for VAT-free chicken picks up support in Parliament

13 Sep 2018

Delay in minimum wage 'necessary'

Labour Law & Unions

Delay in minimum wage 'necessary'

Theto Mahlakoana 23 Mar 2018

Law ensures VAT will rise on 1 April

Tax Law

Law ensures VAT will rise on 1 April

Linda Ensor 5 Mar 2018