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Budget Speech

Budget Speech clash: The elephant in the room

Katja Hamilton 3 days

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 & Welfare

Explosive court ruling on SRD grant

Marecia Damons 24 Jan 2025

The South African Social Security Agency is to suspend payment of Social Relief of Distress grants where fraud is suspected. Archive photo: Barbara Maregele / GroundUp

Health & Welfare

Sassa to suspend SRD grants where fraud is suspected

Marecia Damons 22 Jan 2025

Criminal Law

How the SRD grant system has been defrauded

Nathan Geffen 2 Jan 2025

Source: © 123rf The 20th edition of the Sunday Times GenNext Awards winners have been announced

Youth Marketing

Sunday Times GenNext Awards crowns the coolest of the cool crowd

20 Nov 2024

Postbank has started introducing a new Black Card for Sassa beneficiaries. The current Gold Cards were set to expire on 31 December, but Postbank has assured grant recipients that they will be able to access their money into the new year. Photo supplied by Sassa

Health & Welfare

Sassa Gold Cards will remain valid, says Postbank, as deadline looms

Marecia Damons 12 Nov 2024

Finance

Data breach alert: Over 100,000 fake accounts linked to SA grant-fraud claim

9 Nov 2024

State of the Retail Nation Q3: Consumer confidence starts to recover ahead of Black Friday

Marketing

State of the Retail Nation Q3: Consumer confidence starts to recover ahead of Black Friday

Issued by NielsenIQ 8 Nov 2024

Source: © 123rf there is cautious optimism on the country's economic trajectory on the eve of the MTBPS

Economy

#MTBPS predictions: A cautious optimism signals new phase of stability and growth

29 Oct 2024

More than 17 million people applied for the R370 grant in September

Health & Welfare

More than 17 million people applied for the R370 grant in September

Marecia Damons 3 Oct 2024

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

Health & Welfare

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

Marecia Damons 3 Sep 2024

Image source: Vitaliy Vodolazskyy –

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Gauteng municipalities to launch online indigent register

26 Aug 2024

Queues for social grants in Kuyasa, Cape Town. Beneficiaries of the Social Relief of Distress Grant are struggling with identity verification processes. Archive photo: Mary-Anne Gontsana / GroundUp

Health & Welfare

Beneficiaries are still battling with Sassa’s new biometric system

Marecia Damons 31 Jul 2024

GNU to add more tax-exempt food items

FMCG

GNU to add more tax-exempt food items

22 Jul 2024

Some SRD grant beneficiaries with green ID books have been struggling to access their R370-per-month grant due to a new identity verification process. Archive photo: Mosima Rafapa / GroundUp

Health & Welfare

Here’s why people with green ID books are struggling with Sassa’s new verification process

Marecia Damons 27 Jun 2024

Unlocking the value of creativity in advertising: How to bridge the creativity gap

Advertising

Unlocking the value of creativity in advertising: How to bridge the creativity gap

Issued by Ipsos 15 Apr 2024

10 FAQs about the SASSA SRD Grant for students

Higher Education

10 FAQs about the SASSA SRD Grant for students

Issued by FundiConnect 19 Mar 2024

Health & Welfare

R350 grant to increase in April

14 Mar 2024

Image source: Vitaliy Vodolazskyy –

Health & Welfare

#BudgetSpeech2024: Social grants to increase in 2024

21 Feb 2024

Health & Welfare

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

9 Feb 2024

Source: Postbank/Facebook.

Financial Services

Smart IDs: From government grants to payment cards? The deal that's raising eyebrows

Katja Hamilton 7 Feb 2024

Social relief grant faces scrutiny amid spending cuts

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Social relief grant faces scrutiny amid spending cuts

Kopano Gumbi 27 Oct 2023

Dealers

Mercedes-Benz SA voted coolest car brand at Sunday Times GenNext Awards

21 Sep 2023

Nike walked away with the number one spot. Source: Supplied.

Branding

Nike claims title of SA's coolest brand among youth at Sunday Times GenNext Awards

21 Sep 2023

Source: Arena Events Last year's event. This year's annual Sunday Times GenNext survey top 10 finalists have been announced

Youth Marketing

Sunday Times GenNext survey Top 10 finalists announced

13 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

Make your bedroom your paradise with Eden Sleep

Fashion & Homeware

Make your bedroom your paradise with Eden Sleep

Issued by Eden Sleep 24 Jul 2023

Source: Supplied. Chris Blair, chief executive officer of 21st Century.

Remuneration & Payroll

#Budget2023: Walking the tight rope of social grants

Chris Blair 24 Feb 2023

Source: Supplied.

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 & Welfare

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

Marecia Damons 14 Dec 2022

Here's what South Africans searched for on Google in 2022

Services

Here's what South Africans searched for on Google in 2022

7 Dec 2022

Source: iStock.

Banking

Flat business confidence does not tell the whole story

23 Nov 2022

#MTBPS: Social Relief of Distress grant extended to March 2024

Health & Welfare

#MTBPS: Social Relief of Distress grant extended to March 2024

27 Oct 2022

Source: Pexels.

Banking

Business confidence at all-time low - RMB BCI

7 Sep 2022

Research

Ipsos in South Africa 'corners' the brand market with newly appointed brand health service line lead

Issued by Ipsos 15 Aug 2022

Research

What interested South Africans most on Google in July?

5 Aug 2022

Image source: Sebastiaan Stam from

HR & Management

Job seekers warned to be careful with their ID numbers

13 Jul 2022

Source: Supplied

Retailers

Pepkor store expansion plan on track despite tough operating environment

31 May 2022

Here's what South Africans asked Google in April

Online Media

Here's what South Africans asked Google in April

3 May 2022

Image source: © Romolo Tavani –

Legal

National State of Disaster to end soon

30 Mar 2022

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

Retail Services

SRD R350 grants can be collected at Pick n Pay and Boxer on public holidays this December

15 Dec 2021

Financial Services

Restraint advised around spending this festive season

30 Nov 2021

2022 MTEF to address social grant shortfalls

Health & Welfare

2022 MTEF to address social grant shortfalls

12 Nov 2021

Consistency in voting in the three most contested metros

Media

Consistency in voting in the three most contested metros

Issued by Ipsos 2 Nov 2021

Retail Services

Collection of R350 Covid-19 relief funds at Pick n Pay and Boxer stores

22 Sep 2021

Source: ©langstrup

Economy

First SRC payout from retailers

22 Sep 2021

Source ©Andriy Popov

Economy

Consumer sentiment up in Q3 2021

6 Sep 2021

Carmen Nel, economist and macro strategist, Matrix Fund Managers

Economy

The real impact of the unrest on SA's economy

Carmen Nel 27 Jul 2021