SCORE: E Tolashe’s 2025 has been marked by a combination of policy initiatives and ongoing controversy. On the policy front, she prioritised efforts to root out fraud and corruption within the South African Social Security Agency, introducing biometric enrolment and targeted investigations aimed at protecting public funds and ensuring grants reach legitimate beneficiaries. She also […]
Minister Sisisi Tolashe suspended director general Peter Netshipale amid internal scandals, contract disputes and whistleblower allegations at the department of social development
Organisations are going to court to challenge the constitutionality of Children’s Act provisions
The Expropriation Bill was signed into law; the families of victims of apartheid-era human rights violations want to know why the TRC recommendations haven’t been implemented, and the court has ordered that shortfalls in social grants be addressed
SASSA’s investigation into the SRD grant application system fails to answer crucial questions
Early and unintended pregnancies remain a critical challenge in South Africa, significantly impacting the health, education and socioeconomic prospects of girls
The decision, amid ongoing disciplinary processes, allegedly follows concerns that they ‘were getting paid for sitting at home’
The threshold to qualify for the R350 social relief of distress grant will be raised to R624 from the current R350, but the grant itself remains at R350.
Disagreements over a basic income grant, labour law reform and how to save the economy mean consensus is still far off. But trade-offs – and political shifts – will eventually have to be made for there to be any hope of real change
The panel found that, for the time being, further support should be confined to extending the social distress relief that was rolled out for the Covid-19 pandemic
Nonprofit organisations that provide trauma counselling and shelter to survivors of rape and violence have had to shut their doors
All beneficiaries who applied for the R350 relief grant before July 2021, must reapply. Here is how to track your application status
Human Rights Watch says large-scale efforts and resources are needed to prevent even worse gender-based violence statistics
The court heard how the state is unable to make travel and accommodation arrangements for its witnesses because it cannot contact them reliably
The process of adopting a child can be long and demanding but it is a rewarding wait
The process of adopting a child can be long and demanding but it is a rewarding wait.
Asylum seekers with valid permits and caregivers will now also be allowed to apply for the reinstituted social relief of distress grant
Analysts agree that economic relief for the poor is needed but are split on whether a grant should be permanent and whether it is affordable
People at early childhood development are still fighting to get Covid-19 vaccinations
Minister Lindiwe Zulu made wide-ranging announcements on Friday, including how early childhood development centres should operate under level-four lockdown
The long wait to move early childhood development teachers to the department of basic education will be over in nine months, but this does not mean all of them are yet in line to be vaccinated
Legal red tape results in providers not registering and children being denied the opportunity to thrive
SA is in a rush to roll out its national GBV action plan. But as bureaucracy and the pandemic slow progress, violence against women continues unabated
Delays in amending legislation have left foster parents at the mercy of an overburdened system
An irregular farm lease is at the centre of a legal tussle between Patricia de Lille and her suspended director general at public works
The pandemic has triggered a global economic crisis that will leave many South Africans without income security
The newly established grant intended to bring informal economy workers into South Africa’s social security net during the lockdown has had a disastrous start
All of KwaZulu-Natal’s Covid-19 emergency spending has been centralised under the provincial treasury after the controversial purchase of R22-million of blankets by the social development department
The regulations have eased up but not for guardians and separated parents who do not have a court order or a parental agreement
Despite commendable work and persistent battles, not enough
is being done for these learners
Crops allow the poor to provide for themselves, but they need support to do so during droughts
Children commit crimes and are sent to juvenile centres to await their trials or to serve their sentences