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Lebogang Terciia Phaswana, founder and CEO of TS Pad a Girl Foundation, is working to address period poverty and promote menstrual dignity among girls and women in Hammanskraal and Temba.
EDUCATION

Period poverty is keeping South African girls out of the classroom

Lack of access to sanitary products forces many South African girls to miss school out of fear and embarrassment. In Hammanskraal, the TS Pad a Girl Foundation is stepping up to…

  • Amahle Banda
6 min read
The future of the Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant beyond the March 2027 extension remains uncertain. Archive photo: Chris Gilili
BASIC INCOME SUPPORT

Future of SRD grant uncertain, treasury says

The Universal Basic Income Coalition said the government’s proposals to link the grant to employment-related conditions could exclude eligible beneficiaries

  • Marecia Damons
3 min read
More than a quarter of South African children under the age of five are chronically malnourished. That’s bad for them, their families and the economy. (Envato)
BREASTFEEDING

Childhood stunting is also stunting South Africa’s economy

More than a quarter of children under the age of five in the country are chronically malnourished

  • David Harrison
8 min read