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CoCT completes R7.7m upgrade of Culemborg Safe Space 1 to aid homeless

Health & Social Welfare

CoCT completes R7.7m upgrade of Culemborg Safe Space 1 to aid homeless

2 Apr 2026

Image credit: Sassa

Health & Social Welfare

Sassa announces 2026 grant increases alongside new payment dates

24 Mar 2026

Most social grant fraud involves officials, not beneficiaries, report says

Health & Social Welfare

Most social grant fraud involves officials, not beneficiaries, report says

Marecia Damons 19 Mar 2026

Activists criticise social grant “savings”

Health & Social Welfare

Activists criticise social grant “savings”

Marecia Damons 6 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

Source: Banking Association of South Africa. Finance Minister, Enoch Godongwana.

Budget Speech

#Budget2026: The Minister of Finance’s pivotal decision ahead

24 Feb 2026

Sassa recipients asked to comply with social grant review requests

Health & Social Welfare

Sassa recipients asked to comply with social grant review requests

18 Feb 2026

Covid-19 SRD grant amendments open for public comment

Health & Social Welfare

Covid-19 SRD grant amendments open for public comment

18 Feb 2026

Sassa suspends 70,000 grant payments in crackdown

Health & Social Welfare

Sassa suspends 70,000 grant payments in crackdown

Marecia Damons 6 Feb 2026

The future of the Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant beyond the March 2027 extension remains uncertain. Archive photo: Chris Gilili

Health & Social Welfare

Future of SRD grant uncertain, says Treasury

Marecia Damons 6 Jan 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

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Health & Social Welfare

Can South Africa’s social grants help people make a better life? Research offers hope

Leila Patel 7 Nov 2025

Image credit: Sassa

Health & Social Welfare

Sassa's record year: Serving over 28 million people in 2024/2025

10 Oct 2025

Sassa's biometric drive enrols 42,000 beneficiaries in two weeks

Health & Social Welfare

Sassa's biometric drive enrols 42,000 beneficiaries in two weeks

18 Sep 2025

Image credit: George Prentzas on Unsplash

Health & Social Welfare

Sassa launches mandatory biometric enrolment to combat grant fraud

25 Aug 2025

Health & Social Welfare

Sassa issues urgent warning against illegal social grant deductions

15 Aug 2025

Health & Social Welfare

Sassa warns comply with review or lose your grant

14 Jul 2025

Health & Social Welfare

Sassa clears up social grant suspension claims

8 Jul 2025

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 14 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

Health & Social Welfare

Department of Social Development proposes changes to SRD grant application

Marecia Damons 9 Apr 2025

Is a VAT rate increase to 17% justifiable?

Taxation & Regulation

Is a VAT rate increase to 17% justifiable?

Issued by SAICA 11 Mar 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

GNU to add more tax-exempt food items

FMCG

GNU to add more tax-exempt food items

22 Jul 2024

Health & Social Welfare

#Sona2024: Govt to extend and improve R350 social relief grant

9 Feb 2024

Health & Social Welfare

SA receives prestigious ISSA Good Practice Award

18 May 2023

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NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise

10 tips to writing effective funding proposals for NPOs

Feryal Domingo 29 Mar 2023

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Budget Speech

Budget Justice Coalition is concerned about rising inequality in a time of disaster

21 Feb 2023

Raise income tax for the rich to fund a permanent R350 grant, say experts

Health & Social Welfare

Raise income tax for the rich to fund a permanent R350 grant, say experts

Marecia Damons 14 Dec 2022

2022 MTEF to address social grant shortfalls

Health & Social Welfare

2022 MTEF to address social grant shortfalls

12 Nov 2021

5 key reasons why basic income support for poor South Africans makes sense

Health & Social Welfare

5 key reasons why basic income support for poor South Africans makes sense

Stephen Devereux 2 Aug 2021

Covid-19 pandemic has triggered a rise in hunger in South Africa

Food, Water & Energy Security

Covid-19 pandemic has triggered a rise in hunger in South Africa

Servaas van der Berg and Leila Patel 23 Jul 2021

Children are eating too much poor nutrient quality food and too little of good nutrient quality food. Shutterstock

Nutrition

South Africa needs to change direction on maternal health to solve child malnutrition

Chantell Witten & Shane Norris 9 Mar 2021

UIF to discuss Ters benefits extension at Nedlac

Remuneration & Payroll

UIF to discuss Ters benefits extension at Nedlac

12 Feb 2021

Adam Bennot. senior associate, Alternative Investment Services, RisCura.

Markets & Investment

Sustainability should be paramount in pension fund investment

Adam Bennot 9 Dec 2020

Children are going hungry, and their futures are on the line. Evidence from Ghana

Food Security

Children are going hungry, and their futures are on the line. Evidence from Ghana

16 Nov 2020

NCOP passes Social Assistance Amendment Bill

Legislation & Regulation

NCOP passes Social Assistance Amendment Bill

23 Oct 2020

SA's Covid-19 hunger relief efforts are working: why they must continue

Food, Water & Energy Security

SA's Covid-19 hunger relief efforts are working: why they must continue

Leila Patel 15 Oct 2020

Foster-care bill will bring relief to thousands

Legislation & Regulation

Foster-care bill will bring relief to thousands

James Stent 9 Oct 2020

Business travel into Africa takes off

Travel

Business travel into Africa takes off

8 Oct 2020

High Court rules SRD grant should be available to asylum seekers, special permit holders

Human Rights Law

High Court rules SRD grant should be available to asylum seekers, special permit holders

Dibuseng Motlokoa and Laura Macfarlane 24 Jun 2020

Grootvlei, Snake Park, an impoverished suburb on the fringe of one of the biggest mine dumps in Soweto, Johannesburg. Poor people have been hit hardest by the fallout of Covid-19. Mujahid Safodien/AFP via Getty Images

Economy

Who has been hit hardest by South Africa's lockdown? We found some answers

Channing Arndt & Sherman Robinson 12 Jun 2020

Why South Africa needs basic income support now

Health & Social Welfare

Why South Africa needs basic income support now

Lynette Maart 21 Apr 2020

Mauritius’ social welfare system is relatively stronger than most nations’ Getty Images

Markets & Investment

Mauritius heads into coronavirus storm with strong social welfare buffers

Myriam Blin 20 Apr 2020

#YouthMonth: Children's rights shouldn't just be words on paper...

Human Rights Law

#YouthMonth: Children's rights shouldn't just be words on paper...

Shan Radcliffe 25 Jun 2019

SA must focus on its kids to meet UNSDG targets

Health & Social Welfare

SA must focus on its kids to meet UNSDG targets

Winnie Sambu and Lucy Jamieson 27 Jun 2018

Govt will comply with Concourt order on social grant payments

Financial Services

Govt will comply with Concourt order on social grant payments

10 May 2018

Jobs and profits drying up on Western Cape grape farms

Agriculture

Jobs and profits drying up on Western Cape grape farms

Aidan Jones 9 Mar 2018