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WEBUIF online services frozen in court battle. Interim interdict stopped the UIF’s new service provider from rendering IT services. By Mary-Anne Gontsana. News | 5 September 2024. 1 of 497. next. last. GroundUp publishes original public interest news. We mainly cover education, health, sanitation, immigration and human rights stories.
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Hundreds join Cape Flats “recovery walk” | GroundUp
WEB5 hours ago · Photos: Tori Newby. Hundreds of people participated in the 10th annual Recovery Walk on Saturday to counter stigmas around recovery from substance use and mental illness. In the wind and rain, they walked five kilometres from Lentegeur Psychiatric Hospital through Mitchell’s Plain, carrying signs. Some read: “I am a recovery superhero ...
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South Africa needs to spend an extra R535-billion a year to meet ...
WEBDec 6, 2023 · South Africa will have to up its climate financing to R535-billion to meet the goals set by the government in terms of the 2016 Paris agreement, a new report has found. The report, launched by the Presidential Climate Commission, tracked private and public investments made between 2019 and 2021. It found …
Topic: Human Rights | GroundUp
WEBSep 6, 2024 · GroundUp publishes original public interest news. We mainly cover education, health, sanitation, immigration and human rights stories.
Unemployment: our biggest problem | GroundUp
WEBFeb 12, 2019 · Over the next weeks, GroundUp will be putting unemployment in the spotlight. Unemployed people will describe the hardships they face, and leading economists will analyse the problem. The unemployment rate rose from 21.5% in 2008 to 27.1% in 2018. Long-term unemployment — people looking for work, but who have not worked for …
One-armed man has to build his own house | GroundUp
WEB4 days ago · Tshakana villager Bongani Mgqebisa, who lost his right arm in an accident, is building his own house. He and his wife are among many who had hoped to benefit from a huge housing project in Cofimvaba. The project, started in 2015, is now nearly complete. But many people, including some, like Mgqebisa, with …
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WEBSASSA’s fraud management system is fraught with danger. It is irrational to expect people who can’t afford food to have a smartphone and internet access. By Kelle Howson, Hoodah Abrahams-Fayker, Vayda Megannon and General Alfred Moyo. Opinion | 30 July 2024.