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South Africa's poorest households can expect a total of 25.5 billion in support from the Department of Social Development.

This is one of the key features of Finance Minister Tito Mboweni's updated budget which he presented to Parliament recently.The coronavirus pandemic has turned the global economy upside down and South Africa has not been spared. This made it necessary for Finance Minister Tito Mboweni to table a Supplementary Budget for South Africa.

A supplementary budget sets out a plan on how a country is going to stabilise debt and revive the economy.

When Buhle Sebona (34) had no option but to live on the street as a result of his alcohol and drug addiction, he realised that he had hit rock bottom. 

Sebona started drinking alcohol when he was 16 years old. “At that stage it was just for fun. I was experimenting, not trying to run away from anything,” he says.

As he got older, Sebona started drinking more, but says alcohol made him too drunk to function. By the time he was 23, alcohol was no longer about having fun. “I was frustrated and using it to escape. I was hardly ever sober,” he says.

Minister of Social Development Lindiwe Zulu says every South African has a role to play in creating awareness about the dangers of alcohol and substance abuse. 

Minister Zulu recently outlined government's National Drug Master Plan (NDMP) 2019 – 2024. 

Blood stocks in South Africa, used for life-saving hospital procedures, remain very low. You should know that donating blood is safe, even during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, and that your donation can help to save lives.

The South African National Blood Service (SANBS) is appealing to South Africans to donate blood during this time, as the organisation is struggling to meet its collection goals. 

A field quarantine hospital in Port Elizabeth helped a woman diagnosed with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) recover speedily. 

Any early childhood development facility that intends to reopen when the green light is given, needs to complete a reopening self-assessment form. 

Although an official date for the reopening of early childhood development (ECD) centres is yet to be announced, the Department of Social Development (DSD) has outlined reopening guidelines. 

If you’re looking for an easy, educational way to keep your children entertained, then legendary South African storyteller Gcina Mhlophe is here to help you.

A female cricket coach is using the sport as a catalyst for change in her Western Cape community.

Babalwa Zothe (26) is spreading her passion for cricket to young girls in Khayelitsha outside Cape Town.

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) says it has been working on innovations to improve the payment of students’ allowances to remove all third parties from the payment chain.

For the 2021 academic year, NSFAS will pay allowances directly into the bank accounts of all students.

Ten Yes4Youth participants have become WiFi Entrepreneurs who will be better prepared for the digital future, thanks to their involvement with non-profit organisation Project Isizwe. 

Yes4Youth is a national government initiative that places unemployed young people in companies for a 12-month paid internship.