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Sassa presented its audit action plan to Parliament on Wednesday. Archive photo of people queueing for social grants in Eerste River in 2018. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Health & Welfare

Sassa explains why it paid grants to 75,000 dead people

Marecia Damons 24 Mar 2025

The deadline for the transition from the SASSA Gold Card to the Black Card is looming. Archive photo: Marecia Damons / GroundUp

Health & Welfare

About 1.9m people still need to swap gold cards as Sassa deadline looms

Marecia Damons 5 Mar 2025

Deadline for Sassa card transition extended to 20 March 2025

Health & Welfare

Deadline for Sassa card transition extended to 20 March 2025

14 Feb 2025

The new Postbank Black Card for Sassa beneficiaries. The current Gold Cards will expire on 28 February 2025 and social grant beneficiaries are urged to get their new cards before then. Photo supplied by Sassa

Health & Welfare

Sassa Gold cards to stop working on 28 February 2025 - beneficiaries urged to replace them

13 Feb 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 & 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

HR & Management

Community work contracts extended for participants aged 55 and older

17 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: Curating the future - the transformation of food security in South Africa

Trends

#BizTrends2025: Curating the future - the transformation of food security in South Africa

Alan Browde 13 Jan 2025

Criminal Law

How the SRD grant system has been defrauded

Nathan Geffen 2 Jan 2025

Eight months after publishing its last report, the Office of the Chief Justice has finally released the new list of reserved judgments. The High Court in Pretoria had the highest number of late judgments, with 59 matters outstanding for longer than six months. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Law Practice

Hundreds of court judgments are late

Marecia Damons 19 Dec 2024

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

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

Independent ATMs keep cash accessible in South Africa

Banking

Independent ATMs keep cash accessible in South Africa

Issued by Paycorp Group 25 Sep 2024

2025 NSFAS applications now open: How to apply

Higher Education

2025 NSFAS applications now open: How to apply

Issued by FundiConnect 23 Sep 2024

NSFAS 2025 application cycle opens

Bursaries, Scholarships & Finance

NSFAS 2025 application cycle opens

23 Sep 2024

The Finternet: A new global financial system could be closer than we think

Fintech

The Finternet: A new global financial system could be closer than we think

Briana Marbury, Issued by Semaphore Communications 19 Sep 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

Source: Supplied. Babalwa Nonkenge, head of retail investments.

Banking

Empowering South Africa’s women through financial independence and security

Babalwa Nonkenge 21 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

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

Source: © GGA South Africa’s townships, rural and peri-urban areas are seeing changes in consumer behaviour as card device penetration grows

Banking & Finance

Card acceptance spurs economic growth in underserved communities

31 May 2024

Toughees announces winners of ‘Made Tough’ School Fee Competition

Fashion & Homeware

Toughees announces winners of ‘Made Tough’ School Fee Competition

Issued by Bata 3 Jun 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

Incorrect information regarding Flash and Postbank partnership

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Incorrect information regarding Flash and Postbank partnership

Issued by Flash Group 22 Feb 2024

Revolutionising retail: The use of AI in workforce management

Technology

Revolutionising retail: The use of AI in workforce management

Luke Seocharan 16 Feb 2024

Public Health

Cathcart Hospital rumours spark week of protests

Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik 13 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

Deadline today for university funding in South Africa

Higher Education

Deadline today for university funding in South Africa

Imran Salie 31 Jan 2024

Over one million NSFAS bursary applications received

Higher Education

Over one million NSFAS bursary applications received

29 Jan 2024

Image source: Ryan Miguel Capili from

Legal

Sassa clarifies report on 74,000 deceased ghost accounts

12 Jan 2024

Source: Supplied.

Financial Services

Sassa cash paypoints to be phased out by April 2024

27 Dec 2023

Image source: Kindel Media from

Criminal Law

July unrest 'instigator' Mdumiseni Zuma slapped with 12-year jail sentence

30 Nov 2023

NSFAS opens bursary applications for 2024 academic year

Bursaries, Scholarships & Finance

NSFAS opens bursary applications for 2024 academic year

22 Nov 2023

NSFAS applications open next week

Bursaries, Scholarships & Finance

NSFAS applications open next week

13 Nov 2023

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Health & Welfare

Disability grant applicants can lodge an appeal - Sassa

2 Nov 2023

Photo: Facebook, Sassa News

Health & Welfare

Sassa gold cards remain valid in December and beyond

31 Oct 2023

Source: Postbank/Facebook.

Banking

Postbank reports R2bn loss, social grant chaos persists

Katja Hamilton 5 Oct 2023

Source: Supplied.

Financial Services

No glitches expected with October grant payment cycle, says Mpumalanga Sassa

4 Oct 2023

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

South African Human Rights Commission addresses grant payment delays

Katja Hamilton 28 Sep 2023

Image source: Vitaliy Vodolazskyy –

Health & Welfare

Officials working to ensure smooth payment of grants in October

22 Sep 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

NSFAS collaborates with government agencies to identify unqualifying students

Higher Education

NSFAS collaborates with government agencies to identify unqualifying students

20 Sep 2023

The Pretoria High Court will hear a matter this week in which Lawyers For Human Rights is representing more than 100 people who have fallen victim to Home Affairs’s “arbitrary” ID blocking practice. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks | GroundUp

Human Rights Law

Home Affairs taken to court over blocked IDs

Tania Broughton 18 Sep 2023

Source: David Ritchie/African News Agency (ANA) Archives.

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Minister Fernandez slams national government over social-grant payment delays

14 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

Source: © 123rf The latest Maps shows consumer behaviour shifts in shopping

Research

Maps shows changes in consumer behaviour, shopping patterns and media consumption

4 Aug 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