Increase tax on sugary drinks to fund an increase in social grants, say activists

Picture and Words: Marecia Damons /GroundUp Activists are calling on the National Treasury to increase...

Hill-Lewis pleads with finance minister to avoid ‘anti-poor’ budget cuts

Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has made a desperate plea to Finance Minister Enoch...

Long queues at SASSA in Khayelitsha

Picture and words: Mary-Anne Gontsana / GroundUp More than 100 people, many of them...

Nationwide Home Affairs failure as new year begins

Picture and Words: Thamsanqa Mbovane /GroundUp A nationwide failure of the Department of Home...

Zulu accused of misleading the public following social grants glitch

National Minister for Social Development Lindiwe Zulu has been accused of misleading the public...

Steenhuisen lambastes ANC in his “True State of the Nation Address”

The nation is falling apart, and Cyril Ramaphosa must take the blame for spiralling...

Almost half of SA’s population is 100% reliant on government grants

Almost half of South Africa’s population relies on government grants. This means that of...