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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

ESG & Sustainability

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

Retail

Card acceptance spurs economic growth in underserved communities

31 May 2024

Toughees announces winners of ‘Made Tough’ School Fee Competition

Retail

Toughees announces winners of ‘Made Tough’ School Fee Competition

Issued by Bata 3 Jun 2024

10 FAQs about the SASSA SRD Grant for students

Education

10 FAQs about the SASSA SRD Grant for students

Issued by FundiConnect 19 Mar 2024

Incorrect information regarding Flash and Postbank partnership

ESG & Sustainability

Incorrect information regarding Flash and Postbank partnership

Issued by Flash Group 22 Feb 2024

Revolutionising retail: The use of AI in workforce management

Retail

Revolutionising retail: The use of AI in workforce management

Luke Seocharan 16 Feb 2024

Healthcare

Cathcart Hospital rumours spark week of protests

Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik 13 Feb 2024

Source: Postbank/Facebook.

Finance

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

Education

Deadline today for university funding in South Africa

Imran Salie 31 Jan 2024

Over one million NSFAS bursary applications received

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.

Finance

Sassa cash paypoints to be phased out by April 2024

27 Dec 2023

Image source: Kindel Media from

Legal

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

30 Nov 2023

NSFAS opens bursary applications for 2024 academic year

Education

NSFAS opens bursary applications for 2024 academic year

22 Nov 2023

NSFAS applications open next week

Education

NSFAS applications open next week

13 Nov 2023

Image source: michael spring –

ESG & Sustainability

Disability grant applicants can lodge an appeal - Sassa

2 Nov 2023

Photo: Facebook, Sassa News

ESG & Sustainability

Sassa gold cards remain valid in December and beyond

31 Oct 2023

Source: Postbank/Facebook.

Finance

Postbank reports R2bn loss, social grant chaos persists

Katja Hamilton 5 Oct 2023

Source: Supplied.

Finance

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

4 Oct 2023

ESG & Sustainability

South African Human Rights Commission addresses grant payment delays

Katja Hamilton 28 Sep 2023

Image source: Vitaliy Vodolazskyy –

ESG & Sustainability

Officials working to ensure smooth payment of grants in October

22 Sep 2023

Automotive

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.

Marketing & Media

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

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

Legal

Home Affairs taken to court over blocked IDs

Tania Broughton 18 Sep 2023

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

ESG & Sustainability

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

Marketing & Media

Sunday Times GenNext survey Top 10 finalists announced

13 Sep 2023

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

Marketing & Media

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

ESG & Sustainability

Conditions for R350-a-month grant to be challenged in court

Daniel Steyn 28 Jul 2023

Spending habits of SA's taxi commuters unpacked

Retail

Spending habits of SA's taxi commuters unpacked

19 May 2023

ESG & Sustainability

SA receives prestigious ISSA Good Practice Award

18 May 2023

Voices of the poor: "We have no choice but to borrow money from loan sharks to survive"

ESG & Sustainability

Voices of the poor: "We have no choice but to borrow money from loan sharks to survive"

Andy du Plessis, Issued by FoodForward SA 10 May 2023

Source: Twitter/@Postbank_ZA

Finance

Expired Sassa gold cards' validity extended to end of the year

9 May 2023

Heineken collaborates to provide support services and promote responsible alcohol use

Retail

Heineken collaborates to provide support services and promote responsible alcohol use

Issued by Heineken South Africa 5 May 2023

Image supplied. Despite shifting shopper behaviour due to tough economic conditions the FMCG retail sector remains the jewel in the South African economy crown

Retail

FMCG retail sector remains the jewel in the South African economy crown - despite unsettled economy

28 Apr 2023

Image source: melpomen –

Education

Deadline looms for 2023 NSFAS applications

25 Jan 2023

source: The Government Communication and Information System. Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni.

Finance

Postbank plans for state bank underway

Katja Hamilton 12 Jan 2023

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

ICT

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

7 Dec 2022

Image source: Viorel Sima –

Education

NSFAS 2023 application cycle opens

28 Sep 2022

Exemplar's Edendale Mall undergoes phased reopening

Property

Exemplar's Edendale Mall undergoes phased reopening

25 Aug 2022

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

Ramaphosa puts national and provincial health departments under SIU investigation

29 Jul 2022

Image source: Sebastiaan Stam from

HR & Management

Job seekers warned to be careful with their ID numbers

13 Jul 2022

Unlocking South Africa's next level of e-commerce growth

Retail

Unlocking South Africa's next level of e-commerce growth

Lauren Hartzenberg 29 Jun 2022

Image source: Brian Jackson –

Education

NSFAS 2022 funding reaches 691,432 students

27 Jun 2022

Retail

Achieving brand success in SA's dynamic township market - report

22 Jun 2022

New severe weather online portal gives free access to legislation and resources following catastrophic floods

Legal

New severe weather online portal gives free access to legislation and resources following catastrophic floods

Issued by LexisNexis 10 May 2022

Here's what South Africans asked Google in April

Marketing & Media

Here's what South Africans asked Google in April

3 May 2022

Image source: © Leon Swart –

Education

NSFAS to release funds to institutions

5 Apr 2022

Finance

SONA 2022 is Cyril's chance to win back the trust of the nation

Abigail Moyo 8 Feb 2022

SA needs to work towards sustainable social protection measures - Presidency

ESG & Sustainability

SA needs to work towards sustainable social protection measures - Presidency

25 Jan 2022