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Energy

SA’s electricity price is soaring. Why protests are often the only way for people to be heard

Luke Sinwell 18 Aug 2025

Nonkolelo Jijingubo’s husband died of TB in 2009 while working at Beatrix Gold Mine in the Free State. Despite lodging her claim in 2021, she is yet to receive payment. Photo supplied

Health & Social Welfare

Huge delays in payouts to miners with silicosis and TB

Sipokazi Fokazi 25 Jul 2025

Many recipients of the R370-a-month Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant say they are battling with SASSA’s online verification system. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Health & Social Welfare

Social grants go unpaid as beneficiaries struggle with Sassa’s system

Marecia Damons 12 Jun 2025

Key appointments to stabilise the Department of Social Development

ESG & Sustainability

Key appointments to stabilise the Department of Social Development

9 Jun 2025

Financial Services

Cabinet sent basic income grant plan back to the drawing board

Marecia Damons 9 Jun 2025

Image source: Yuri Minaev –

Health & Social Welfare

#Budget3.0: Social grant increases remain in place

22 May 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

Source: Reuters.

Economy

2025 Budget revealed: 61% allocated to social needs, says Ramaphosa

7 Apr 2025

Budget 2.0 tax hangover for the public

Accounting & Auditing

Budget 2.0 tax hangover for the public

Issued by SAICA 17 Mar 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

Source: Supplied. Miyelani Holeni, group chief advisor at Ntiyiso Consulting Group.

Economy

Redefining economic growth: South Africa's budget blueprint for reform

Miyelani Holeni 10 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

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 & Social 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

Finance

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

9 Nov 2024

Child malnutrition statistics are going the wrong way

Food, Water & Energy Security

Child malnutrition statistics are going the wrong way

Andy Du Plessis, Issued by FoodForward SA 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 & Social 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 & Social 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 & Social 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 & Social Welfare

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

Marecia Damons 27 Jun 2024

Health & Social Welfare

R350 grant to increase in April

14 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

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana had some tough love for the SOEs

Mining

#BudgetSpeech2024: Mining industry’s struggle amid economic challenges

22 Feb 2024

Image source: Vitaliy Vodolazskyy –

Health & Social Welfare

#BudgetSpeech2024: Social grants to increase in 2024

21 Feb 2024

Budget Speech

Budget 2024: Mixed expectations in an election year

George Herman 19 Feb 2024

Health & Social 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

Taxation & Regulation

SA rejects expanding VAT exemptions

17 Nov 2023

Economy

#MTBPS: South Africa's fiscal peril demands action

Raymond Parsons 2 Nov 2023

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

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

Health & Social Welfare

SA receives prestigious ISSA Good Practice Award

18 May 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. Patrick Buthelezi, economist at Sanlam Investments.

Budget Speech

Government expenditure: accelerate a shift from consumption to investment

Patrick Buthelezi 21 Feb 2023

Source: Supplied. Hannes van den Berg, chief executive officer at Consult by Momentum.

Budget Speech

Let's be as prudent with this Budget as consumers are with their household budget

Hannes van den Berg 20 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

Source: Twitter. SA Finance Minister, Enoch Godongwana delivers his medium-term budget speech on Wednesday, 26 October.

Economy

#MTBPS: "Failure to deliver on key commitments could elevate policy uncertainty"

27 Oct 2022

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

Health & Social Welfare

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

27 Oct 2022

Image source: Sebastiaan Stam from

HR & Management

Job seekers warned to be careful with their ID numbers

13 Jul 2022

Young man's idea pays off: the story of Lindo's Fast Food

SMEs

Young man's idea pays off: the story of Lindo's Fast Food

Nokulunga Majola 6 Jun 2022

Source: Supplied

Retailers

Pepkor store expansion plan on track despite tough operating environment

31 May 2022

Demand for retail space on the rise - Q1 2022 FNB Property Broker Survey

Retail & Hospitality Property

Demand for retail space on the rise - Q1 2022 FNB Property Broker Survey

John Loos 21 Apr 2022

Image source: Anna Shvets from

Legislation & Regulation

Updated rules for managing Covid-19 in the workplace

Jacques van Wyk and Andre van Heerden 14 Apr 2022

Source: REUTERS.

Covid-19

The National State of Disaster ends

5 Apr 2022