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Tinyiko Hilary Khoza , also known as Miss Hilary was named the 2022 Social Media Influencer Category winner. Supplied archived image

Call to submit entries for Golden Shield Heritage Awards

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

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Tinyiko Hilary Khoza , also known as Miss Hilary was named the 2022 Social Media Influencer Category winner. Supplied archived image

Call to submit entries for Golden Shield Heritage Awards

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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

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

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Mafikeng chosen for sixth Cisco Edge Centre

Mafikeng chosen for sixth Cisco Edge Centre

7 Nov 2023

Samanjalo and Green Guru Solutions wins first 2023 Mpumalanga green solutions pitch challenge

Samanjalo and Green Guru Solutions wins first 2023 Mpumalanga green solutions pitch challenge

GreenCape 7 Nov 2023

Gwede Mantashe speaks at Africa Energy Week. Source: Lindsey Schutters

South Africa's fight against energy poverty is getting dirty

Lindsey Schutters 6 Nov 2023

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Minit Money eases SA-Zambia money transfers

6 Nov 2023

Environmental activists came together to picket outside Parliament to oppose TotalEnergies’ offshore drilling for oil and gas. Photo: Qaqamba Falintenjwa | GroundUp

Activists demand end to TotalEnergies offshore drilling

Qaqamba Falithenjwa 6 Nov 2023

The Ladles of Love Sarmiethon delivers 75,000 sandwiches to kids in need

The Ladles of Love Sarmiethon delivers 75,000 sandwiches to kids in need

Coronation 6 Nov 2023

Water crisis in South Africa: Are we making progress?

Water crisis in South Africa: Are we making progress?

SAICA 6 Nov 2023

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Giraffes could go extinct - the 5 biggest threats they face

Derek E. Lee 3 Nov 2023

MTN pledges R30m to nurture the next Siya Kolisi

MTN pledges R30m to nurture the next Siya Kolisi

2 Nov 2023

Source: Wikepedia. Western Cape Premier, Alan Winde.

#MTBPS: Western Cape Premier slams 2023 budget cuts

Katja Hamilton 2 Nov 2023

February 2023 flooding. Source: SANews.gov.za

#MTBPS: Funds allocated for future disasters

2 Nov 2023

Logistics industry urged to play a role in addressing food waste

Logistics industry urged to play a role in addressing food waste

Marietjie Brown 2 Nov 2023

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Disability grant applicants can lodge an appeal - Sassa

2 Nov 2023

Collaboration brings prosperity for new transport venture

Collaboration brings prosperity for new transport venture

Sappi 2 Nov 2023

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Climate Commission to host skills indaba

1 Nov 2023

Photo: Facebook, Sassa News

Sassa gold cards remain valid in December and beyond

31 Oct 2023

Source: Unicef/Mohammad Ajjour. Amal, 7 years old, contemplates her neighbourhood in the wake of the houses being levelled to the ground.

Unicef's urgent call for ceasefire as children's lives hang in the balance

Katja Hamilton 31 Oct 2023

Athletics - Golden League Track and Field ISTAF - The Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany - 4 September 2022, South Africa's Caster Semenya in action during the women's 5000m Reuters/Fabrizio Bensch/File photo

Olympics no longer Semenya's major goal amid court fight

Hugo Boogaerdt and Nick Said 31 Oct 2023

bpSA celebrates anniversary of making a difference with SA Harvest

bpSA celebrates anniversary of making a difference with SA Harvest

31 Oct 2023

A milestone for Saica's Thuthuka Education Upliftment Fund when passion, dreams and empowerment align

A milestone for Saica's Thuthuka Education Upliftment Fund when passion, dreams and empowerment align

SAICA 31 Oct 2023

A general view shows the water conditions of the Piraiba river before a summit of Amazon rainforest nations, in Belem, Para state, Brazil 6 August 2023. Reuters/Ueslei Marcelino

Home countries of major rainforests agree to work together to save them

Ange Kasongo 30 Oct 2023

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SA participates in Cairo Water Week

30 Oct 2023

Sustainability projects high on agenda as ACSA aims for carbon neutrality by 2050

Sustainability projects high on agenda as ACSA aims for carbon neutrality by 2050

Ambani Reputation Management 30 Oct 2023

Airbnb commits to making tourism more inclusive, sustainable in Africa

Airbnb commits to making tourism more inclusive, sustainable in Africa

27 Oct 2023

Social relief grant faces scrutiny amid spending cuts

Social relief grant faces scrutiny amid spending cuts

Kopano Gumbi 27 Oct 2023

Barrick Gold boosts Tanzanian economy and fosters mining sector growth

Barrick Gold boosts Tanzanian economy and fosters mining sector growth

26 Oct 2023

Sand mining company appeals against refusal of water licence in Philippi

Sand mining company appeals against refusal of water licence in Philippi

Liezl Human 26 Oct 2023

This is where people are occupying Metrorail's Central Line in Cape Town

Sandiso Phaliso and GroundUp staff 26 Oct 2023

Dunlop goes green with sustainable classroom construction project in Ladysmith

Dunlop goes green with sustainable classroom construction project in Ladysmith

Sumitomo Dunlop 26 Oct 2023

SAB partners with Eastern Cape Liquor Board to create safer communities

SAB partners with Eastern Cape Liquor Board to create safer communities

26 Oct 2023

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Airbnb commits to making tourism more inclusive, sustainable in Africa

Airbnb commits to making tourism more inclusive, sustainable in Africa

27 Oct 2023

Barrick Gold boosts Tanzanian economy and fosters mining sector growth

Barrick Gold boosts Tanzanian economy and fosters mining sector growth

26 Oct 2023

Sand mining company appeals against refusal of water licence in Philippi

Sand mining company appeals against refusal of water licence in Philippi

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Environmental activists came together to picket outside Parliament to oppose TotalEnergies’ offshore drilling for oil and gas. Photo: Qaqamba Falintenjwa | GroundUp

Activists demand end to TotalEnergies offshore drilling

Qaqamba Falithenjwa 6 Nov 2023

Water crisis in South Africa: Are we making progress?

Water crisis in South Africa: Are we making progress?

SAICA 6 Nov 2023

Image source: Frans van Heerden from

Giraffes could go extinct - the 5 biggest threats they face

Derek E. Lee 3 Nov 2023

MTN pledges R30m to nurture the next Siya Kolisi

MTN pledges R30m to nurture the next Siya Kolisi

2 Nov 2023

Source: Wikepedia. Western Cape Premier, Alan Winde.

#MTBPS: Western Cape Premier slams 2023 budget cuts

Katja Hamilton 2 Nov 2023

February 2023 flooding. Source: SANews.gov.za

#MTBPS: Funds allocated for future disasters

2 Nov 2023

Logistics industry urged to play a role in addressing food waste

Logistics industry urged to play a role in addressing food waste

Marietjie Brown 2 Nov 2023

Image source: michael spring –

Disability grant applicants can lodge an appeal - Sassa

2 Nov 2023

Collaboration brings prosperity for new transport venture

Collaboration brings prosperity for new transport venture

Sappi 2 Nov 2023

Image source: skigh_tv from

Climate Commission to host skills indaba

1 Nov 2023

Photo: Facebook, Sassa News

Sassa gold cards remain valid in December and beyond

31 Oct 2023

Source: Unicef/Mohammad Ajjour. Amal, 7 years old, contemplates her neighbourhood in the wake of the houses being levelled to the ground.

Unicef's urgent call for ceasefire as children's lives hang in the balance

Katja Hamilton 31 Oct 2023

Athletics - Golden League Track and Field ISTAF - The Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany - 4 September 2022, South Africa's Caster Semenya in action during the women's 5000m Reuters/Fabrizio Bensch/File photo

Olympics no longer Semenya's major goal amid court fight

Hugo Boogaerdt and Nick Said 31 Oct 2023

bpSA celebrates anniversary of making a difference with SA Harvest

bpSA celebrates anniversary of making a difference with SA Harvest

31 Oct 2023

A milestone for Saica's Thuthuka Education Upliftment Fund when passion, dreams and empowerment align

A milestone for Saica's Thuthuka Education Upliftment Fund when passion, dreams and empowerment align

SAICA 31 Oct 2023

A general view shows the water conditions of the Piraiba river before a summit of Amazon rainforest nations, in Belem, Para state, Brazil 6 August 2023. Reuters/Ueslei Marcelino

Home countries of major rainforests agree to work together to save them

Ange Kasongo 30 Oct 2023

Image source: Steve Johnson from

SA participates in Cairo Water Week

30 Oct 2023

Sustainability projects high on agenda as ACSA aims for carbon neutrality by 2050

Sustainability projects high on agenda as ACSA aims for carbon neutrality by 2050

Ambani Reputation Management 30 Oct 2023

Social relief grant faces scrutiny amid spending cuts

Social relief grant faces scrutiny amid spending cuts

Kopano Gumbi 27 Oct 2023

This is where people are occupying Metrorail's Central Line in Cape Town

Sandiso Phaliso and GroundUp staff 26 Oct 2023

Dunlop goes green with sustainable classroom construction project in Ladysmith

Dunlop goes green with sustainable classroom construction project in Ladysmith

Sumitomo Dunlop 26 Oct 2023

SAB partners with Eastern Cape Liquor Board to create safer communities

SAB partners with Eastern Cape Liquor Board to create safer communities

26 Oct 2023

Source: Facebook/Jakupa Architects and Urban Designers.

Challenges await returning District Six claimants at Hanover Street housing complex

25 Oct 2023

From crisis to opportunity: Using climate change to ramp up investment in Africa's water sector

From crisis to opportunity: Using climate change to ramp up investment in Africa's water sector

Mtchera Chirwa 25 Oct 2023

Transforming lives through sanitation: Rocla's mission in Africa

Transforming lives through sanitation: Rocla's mission in Africa

Rocla 25 Oct 2023

Source: Supplied. Paul Carter-Brown, Ukheshe’s co-founder and chief technology officer.

Ukheshe and Komuniti SA join forces to revolutionise digital-banking accessibility

24 Oct 2023

Rocla revolutionises water purification solutions in South Africa

Rocla revolutionises water purification solutions in South Africa

Rocla 24 Oct 2023

Tekkie Town's Battle of the Brands raises R150,000 for local charities

Tekkie Town's Battle of the Brands raises R150,000 for local charities

Tekkie Town 24 Oct 2023

Coca-Cola Beverages SA unveils a R12m groundwater harvesting mega project

Coca-Cola Beverages SA unveils a R12m groundwater harvesting mega project

23 Oct 2023

Sustainable recycling and bio-degradable solutions on show at Propak Cape

Sustainable recycling and bio-degradable solutions on show at Propak Cape

Propak Cape 2026 23 Oct 2023

Chery, Unicef announce $6m partnership in support of global education programmes

Chery, Unicef announce $6m partnership in support of global education programmes

20 Oct 2023

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Gift of the Givers mobilises R250,000 in aid for Gaza hospitals

20 Oct 2023

SA's climate grant funding from developing countries doubles to $676m

SA's climate grant funding from developing countries doubles to $676m

Promit Mukherjee 20 Oct 2023

BET Software multiplies tech magic for youth

BET Software multiplies tech magic for youth

BET Software 20 Oct 2023

UN Global Compact Network, South Africa, urges swift action to achieve gender equality by 2030

UN Global Compact Network, South Africa, urges swift action to achieve gender equality by 2030

Topco Media 20 Oct 2023

Source: WHO. Time is running out to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe if fuel and life-saving health and humanitarian supplies cannot be urgently delivered to the Gaza Strip amidst the complete blockade.

Healthcare crisis at breaking point in Gaza

Katja Hamilton 19 Oct 2023

The concrete mixes piloted in Quincy include one with biogenic limestone, one with fly ash and slag that are activated with alkaline soda ash, and a third with both the alkali activated cement and biogenic limestone. Source: Dan DeLong/Microsoft.

Carbon negative home is proof of concept for green concrete

Lindsey Schutters 19 Oct 2023