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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 3 days

Deadline looms for NSFAS applications

Bursaries, Scholarships & Finance

Deadline looms for NSFAS applications

11 Dec 2024

Healthcare

Social protection was always meant to be in the plan – where did it all go wrong?

18 Nov 2024

Source: Supplied. Rex Cowley, director and co-founder of Overseas Trust and Pension.

Financial Services

Beyond borders: How foreign pensions empower South Africans to build global wealth

18 Nov 2024

Wage inequality in top ten South African retailers. Graphic: using data from

Remuneration & Payroll

Why wage inequality matters

Kwanele Ngogela and Mathieu Dasnois 15 Nov 2024

Markets & Investment

US bond sell-off: A harbinger of things to come?

12 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

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Tax Law

Can Sars take your pension to settle tax debt?

Graeme Palmer 21 Oct 2024

For more than six weeks the Unemployment Insurance Fund online service has been down. Image: GroundUp

HR Tools & Software

After six weeks UIF online system still down

Mary-Anne Gontsana 4 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

Parliament heard the Special Investigating Unit’s head advocate last week testify about medico-legal fraud. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Medical Law

SIU takes aim at ballooning dodgy medical litigation that is costing the government billions

Sandiso Phaliso 13 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

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Trends

Is the green economy the key to job creation in Africa?

2 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

Source: Anthony Fomin/Unsplash

Skills Development

Decent work is the key to a sustainable building industry

2 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

Medical Aid

NHI Bill impact: Dispelling misconceptions around medical schemes

18 Jun 2024

Source: Supplied.

Land Policy, Reform & Restitution

Sustainable redistribution of land remains crucial to human rights in South Africa, as political parties jostle for voter support

Peter Setou 27 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

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

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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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Management & Leadership

Tax implications of changes to employer status

Denny Da Silva 10 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: Supplied.

Financial Services

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

4 Oct 2023

Image source: Vitaliy Vodolazskyy –

Health & Welfare

Officials working to ensure smooth payment of grants in October

22 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 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

Economy

Mashatile concerned about SA's economic growth

12 Jun 2023

Image source: Getty Images

Labour Law

Last chance to comment on Draft Employment Equity Regulations

8 Jun 2023

Health & Welfare

SA receives prestigious ISSA Good Practice Award

18 May 2023

Source: Twitter/@Postbank_ZA

Financial Services

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

9 May 2023

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Family Law

The benefits of registering a customary marriage

Janine Julies 5 May 2023

Heineken collaborates to provide support services and promote responsible alcohol use

FMCG

Heineken collaborates to provide support services and promote responsible alcohol use

Issued by Heineken South Africa 5 May 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

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Bursaries, Scholarships & Finance

Deadline looms for 2023 NSFAS applications

25 Jan 2023

Source: Reuters.

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

World Bank approves $500m to expand social security in Egypt - ministry

23 Dec 2022

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

Workers from public sector unions affiliated to three federations marched to the National Treasury in Tshwane on Tuesday demanding that the government revise its 3% wage increase. Photo: Chris Gilili / GroundUp

Labour Law & Unions

Public sector workers call on government to return to negotiating table

Chris Gilili, Thamsanqa Mbovane and Joseph Chirume 23 Nov 2022

#COP27: 3 reasons rich countries can no longer ignore calls to pay developing world for climate havoc

Climate Change

#COP27: 3 reasons rich countries can no longer ignore calls to pay developing world for climate havoc

Lisa Vanhala 9 Nov 2022

Logistics & Transport

$400m loan to improve Egyptian logistics, transport sectors

Moataz Mohamed, Nadine Awadalla and Lina Najem 4 Oct 2022

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Bursaries, Scholarships & Finance

NSFAS 2023 application cycle opens

28 Sep 2022

Professor Letlhokwa George Mpedi has been appointed as UJ's new vice-chancellor and principal

Higher Education

UJ appoints new vice-chancellor and principal

23 Sep 2022