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Happy, Healthy, Me!
Nutritious food means food that is healthy and good for you, and enough to meet your body’s needs to grow and be healthy.

Stokvel’s and the National Credit Regulator
A stokvel is a member-owned association in which a group of people enter into an agreement to contribute a certain amount of money, either monthly, fortnightly or weekly, as a

Debt, Credit and Consumer Rights
A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR PARALEGALS The National Credit Act 34 of 2005 (NCA), came into effect on 1 June 2007. The NCA recognises that there are times when consumers need

A social grant beneficiary’s right to the protection of his or her personal information
This booklet on the protection of the personal information of social grant beneficiaries has been prepared by Bowmans Attorneys and Black Sash for information and education purposes. Our hope is
Response to Ministers media briefing on failure to pay social grants.
Cape Town, Thursday 14 September 2023: Today, the Ministers of Social Development, Ms. Lindiwe Zulu and Communications and Digital Technologies, Mr. Mondli Gungubele, addressed members of the media and the
Ministers must address systemic flaws and not dismiss current grant payment crisis as a ‘technical glitch’.
The Ministers must launch an independent investigation into the systemic flaws of Postbanks’ payment system. DSD Minister must commit to reimbursing beneficiaries hit with multiple transaction failed fees. DSD must
The burden of payment system failures should not be placed beneficiaries.
This week, Governments social grant system failure left hundreds of thousands of elderly pensioners destitute and without dignity. Cape Town, Thursday 07 September 2023; The ongoing technical issues faced by

Swimming with Cobras by Rosemary van Wyk Smith
“This memoir is more than the story of one woman’s journey, it contributes to the political and social history of our country. It places on record the work of the
Government must be held to account as the unemployed are left destitute.
Cape Town, Monday July 31 2023: Black Sash supports the court challenge launched by the Institute for Economic Justice (IEJ) and #PayTheGrants, which challenges the exclusionary impact of the regulations