CHAINS OF POVERTY Time for SA to ditch the myths and get behind a universal basic income grant, say researchers 7 min 8 By Ufrieda Ho
CIVIL SOCIETY WATCH — SEPTEMBER 1-5 Sex work laws challenged in court, spotlight on media integrity and rethinking African economies 3 min 0 By Lerato Mutsila
FOOD BASKET CHECK No relief for grant recipients, hikes loom and food prices remain unaffordable 3 min 0 By Naledi Sikhakhane
BUDGET 2025 Civil society slams pulled Budget, implores Treasury to ‘put poor first’ in revenue-raising plans 5 min 5 By Lerato Mutsila
FOOD BASKET CHECK Cost of basic foodstuffs drops as inflation hits four-year low 3 min 0 By Naledi Sikhakhane
LANDMARK RULING High court declares SRD grant regulations unconstitutional, demands urgent reforms for millions in need 3 min 3 By Naledi Sikhakhane
South Africa IEJ Legal action targets flaws in Social Relief of Distress grant distribution 5 min 3 By Naledi Sikhakhane
RAW FACTS Beef and climate change — can South Africa take the bull by the horns? 6 min 7 By Adèle Sulcas
FOOD JUSTICE South Africa’s beefy impact: the road toward a just transition on climate, cattle, and equity 8 min 5 By Lillian Roberts
STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS Civil society gives Ramaphosa Sona resounding thumbs-down 8 min 5 By Takudzwa Pongweni
16 DAYS OF ACTIVISM OP-ED Leaving no one behind — comprehensive approach needed to end GBV and femicide in SA 6 min 0 By Matshidiso Lencoasa, Juhi Kasan and Thokozile Madonko
RIGHT OF REPLY An inability to see the crisis for the trees: A response to Tim Cohen’s recent IEJ tirade 6 min 5 By Gilad Isaacs
FIGHT FOR THE POOR SRD grant activists forge ahead with legal action against the state unopposed 4 min 0 By Zukiswa Pikoli
CIVIL SOCIETY WATCH 5-9 JUNE This week — Food Safety Day, Universal Basic Grant dialogue and men's mental health 6 min 0 By Naledi Sikhakhane
NUTRITION IMPLOSION A ‘just transition’ cannot happen without making food production and consumption more accessible and affordable 6 min 0 By Adèle Sulcas
STATE OF DISASTER Distress but no social relief – Limpopo’s poor languish in misery after SRD grant cut off 8 min 0 By Zukiswa Pikoli
#PAYTHEGRANTS The high economic costs of being excluded from the R350 Social Relief of Distress grant 6 min 2 By Maru Attwood
POVERTY CONCESSION R350 to R624: Minister proposes threshold raise for distress grant as concerns over low approval rate mount 2 min 2 By Zukiswa Pikoli
SOCIAL RELIEF OF DISTRESS GRANT Hunger looms as millions of potential Covid grant recipients still struggling to be approved 3 min 0 By Zukiswa Pikoli
Social Relief of Distress Backtrack: Sassa limits SRD grant back payments — implying exclusion of millions of recipients 3 min 0 By Zukiswa Pikoli
GRANT RELIEF Sassa, Ramaphosa say Social Relief of Distress payments will be made within the week 2 min 0 By Zukiswa Pikoli
