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Two South African insurance giants collect 87% of all funeral policy premiums deducted directly from pension and disability grants paid out by the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa). Illustration: Lisa Nelson

Health & Social Welfare

Two insurance giants dominate Sassa funeral deductions

Anton van Zyl and Raymond Joseph 11 hours

Doctors complain about choice of equipment at Gauteng hospital as thousands await cancer scans

Public Health

Doctors complain about choice of equipment at Gauteng hospital as thousands await cancer scans

Chris Bateman and Raymond Joseph 19 Feb 2026

Land & Property Law

Tsotsi star’s house, bought with lottery funds, frozen by Special Tribunal

Raymond Joseph 29 Dec 2025

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Law Practice

Head of Special Tribunal quits after one year

Raymond Joseph 28 Nov 2025

Residential Property

Luxury home of Lottery “kingpin” frozen by Special Tribunal

Raymond Joseph 5 Jun 2025

The Department of Justice says a decision on the Special Investigating Unit’s application to amend the 2020 Presidential Proclamation mandating it to investigate corruption involving the Lottery and its employees, is expected by the end of February. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Criminal Law

SIU applies to extend lottery corruption probe

Raymond Joseph 19 Feb 2025

(Image supplied) The Southern African Freelancers’ Association (Safrea) has elected a new Executive Committee, with chairperson: Nathi Gule

Media

Safrea elects new leadership

8 Jul 2024

Mbali Hlophe was appointed Gauteng MEC of the social development and agriculture departments in October 2022. Photo from the Gauteng government (fair use).

Advertising

Gauteng government buys newspaper space to praise MEC

Daniel Steyn, Joseph Bracken and Raymond Joseph 25 Jun 2024

Unpaid school uniform makers occupy Gauteng social development offices

Primary & Secondary Education

Unpaid school uniform makers occupy Gauteng social development offices

Masego Mafata, Daniel Steyn and Raymond Joseph 9 May 2024

Criminal Law

NPA under pressure to bring Lottery looters to court

Raymond Joseph 25 Oct 2023

Image supplied.
Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards 2023 shortlist has been announced

Media

Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards 2023 shortlist announced

13 Jun 2023

Former Chief Operating Officer of the National Lotteries Commission (NLC), Phillemon Letwaba has been ordered to pay punitive legal costs to veteran freelance journalist Raymond Joseph (pictured above) / GroundUp

Media & Entertainment Law

Court orders former Lottery boss to pay punitive legal costs to journalist

Tania Broughton 1 Mar 2023

Media

All the 2022 national Vodacom Journalist of the Year award winners

25 Nov 2022

The 2022 Western Cape VJOY winners. Source: Supplied.

Media

All the Western Cape VJOY Award winners!

26 Oct 2022

Lotteries COO heads to court to stop corruption probe

Corporate & Commercial Law

Lotteries COO heads to court to stop corruption probe

Raymond Joseph 11 Apr 2022

Styli Charalambous, the CEO and cofounder of Daily Maverick was awarded the Nat Nakasa Award for 2021.

Media

Nat Nakasa Journalism Awards 2021 winners announced

16 Aug 2021

Green Scorpions order City of Cape Town to sort out pollution in Milnerton Lagoon

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Green Scorpions order City of Cape Town to sort out pollution in Milnerton Lagoon

Steve Kretzmann and Raymond Joseph 5 Nov 2020

Coca-Cola and Cape Town's sweetheart Day Zero deal

FMCG

Coca-Cola and Cape Town's sweetheart Day Zero deal

Steve Kretzmann and Raymond Joseph 8 May 2020

Probe into fraud and corruption at National Lotteries Commission

Law Practice

Probe into fraud and corruption at National Lotteries Commission

Raymond Joseph 13 May 2019

L to R: Theodore Jephta (Die Son); Asanda Nini (Daily Dispatch – also accepted obo Bongani Fuzile, Nonsindiso Qwabe); Travis Goate (Vodacom); Jayed-Leigh Paulse (SABC); Malibongwe Dayimani (accepted obo Sino Majangaza, Bongani Fuzile); Ryland Fisher (VJOY convenor) and Deidre Uren (SABC - accepted obo SABC winners).

Media

Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards: Regional winners announced

9 Nov 2018

Here's how the Lotto money is spent

ESG & Sustainability

Here's how the Lotto money is spent

Roxanne Joseph and Raymond Joseph 20 Feb 2018

What's really going on at Indy?

Newspapers

What's really going on at Indy?

Leigh Andrews 22 Dec 2014

Media

Twitter and the Kabul suicide bombing controversy...

Sandra Roberts 10 Oct 2012

Events & Conferencing

Friedrich Lindenberg to talk at Hacks Hackers Cape Town

13 Sep 2012

Skills Training

Debugging the PR-media relationship

Brian Berkman 24 Apr 2012

[Thought Leadership Digibates] 04: The current state of print media in SA

Aegis Thought Leadership Digibates

[Thought Leadership Digibates] 04: The current state of print media in SA

26 Mar 2012

PR-Net wields the sword against poor practice

Skills Training

PR-Net wields the sword against poor practice

26 Mar 2012

[2012 trends] To fret or not to fret?

Trends

[2012 trends] To fret or not to fret?

Gill Moodie: @grubstreetSA 11 Jan 2012

Media

Media awards 2011: Rock(y) and roll

Gill Moodie: @grubstreetSA 12 Dec 2011

I've gone out of my way to hire grey beards - New Age's Fisher

Newspapers

I've gone out of my way to hire grey beards - New Age's Fisher

Gill Moodie: @grubstreetSA 26 Sep 2011

Deon du Plessis, larger than life and loved by all

Newspapers

Deon du Plessis, larger than life and loved by all

Gill Moodie: @grubstreetSA 12 Sep 2011

The New Age: Jeffreys steps down, Ryland Fisher acting editor

Newspapers

The New Age: Jeffreys steps down, Ryland Fisher acting editor

1 Jun 2011

Liza Albrecht wins 2010 Women in the Media

Media

Liza Albrecht wins 2010 Women in the Media

Issa Sikiti da Silva 30 Jul 2010

eNews, the ‘crime kissers'?

Media

eNews, the ‘crime kissers'?

22 Jan 2010

Magazines

The Big Issue celebrates 100 issues - and more to come

25 Oct 2005

Media

The Big Issue is putting money in the pockets of the poor

15 Sep 2005