Surviving the Exam Season

The Exam Season is upon us – Matrics are due to start their Final Exams this Wednesday, and thousands of Matric students are feeling the pressure as all eyes from their friends, teachers, parents, families and their communities are waiting in anticipation...

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Landmark decision on children’s rights

Landmark decision on children’s rights

The Constitutional Court of South Africa has ruled that the common law defense of reasonable & moderate parental chastisement of children is unconstitutional.It's a unanimous judgment and the court is of the view that there are effective ways to...

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A National Minimum Wage for South Africa (Final Draft)

The South African landscape in 2016 demonstrates a number of very urgent challenges, as well as systemic problems that we as a country have been unable to rectify. There is an inextricable link between low levels of wages, high unemployment rates, the...

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Special Needs Group Housing Policy:

NACOSS provided significant input into the development of this Policy during 2014 and 2015. The aim of this Policy is to enable organisations to access funding for capital expenditure to care for and protect people with special needs in group housing. Such...

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The Comprehensive Review Report:

White Paper ReviewThe Minister for Social Development launched the Comprehensive Report on the Review of the White Paper for Social Welfare, 1997 on 4 November 2016. Professor Vivian Tylor, Chairperson of the Review Committee gave a brief overview of the...

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Sassa – Net 1 Agree

Sassa, Net1 agree to new contract termsCape Town - Net1 UEPS subsidiary Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) and the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) agreed to the terms of a new two-year contract, but these terms have to be agreed to by National...

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No Deal with CPS yet

No deal signed with CPS yet - Sassa Pretoria - The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) has not signed any new contract or confirmed any new deal with current service provider Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) to issue grants to 17 million...

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