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Deep-time fossil records reveal a narrow, three-generation window to address the escalating climate crisis. Immediate Release | 25 August 2026 Humanity has
Immediate Release | 25 August 2026 Facing severe knee pain from osteoarthritis and a recommendation for total knee replacement, 53-year-old correctional official
Immediate Release | 14 August 2026 Free SA is calling on South Africans to defend secure property rights and support land reform
Immediate Release | 16 July 2026 10 years after the #FeesMustFall protests shook campuses across South Africa, thousands of young people still
Immediate Release | 15 July 2026 South Africans have already shown they can solve the country’s electricity crisis themselves. Millions of households
ISFAP calls for urgent investment in wraparound student support as first‑year dropout crisis deepens
Holistic support model offers proven solution – but success depends on co‑creation with private stakeholders and funding partnerships Johannesburg, 7 May 2026
Immediate Release1 June 2026 CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA – Cornerstone Institute is proud to highlight the inspirational journey of Ibtishaam Abrahams, a
Immediate Release10 July 2026 As South Africa commemorates Youth Month, the Ikusasa Student Financial Aid Programme (ISFAP) is proud to announce a
Immediate Release3 July 2026 As multiple protests and volatile anti-illegal immigrant demonstrations continue to escalate across South Africa, civil action group DearSA
The PIE Amendment Bill needs do more to protect publicly funded housing assets Immediate Release24 June 2026 The National Association of Social
Immediate Release1 June 2026 Johannesburg, South Africa – The National Association of Social Housing Organisations (NASHO) has welcomed the George Local Municipality’s
25 May 2026 Civil rights organisation Free SA has launched a campaign opposing the Draft Capital Flow Management Regulations, 2026, warning that
Immediate Release11 May 2026 Free SA welcomes the withdrawal of the Small Enterprise Ombud Service Bill by Minister of Small Business Development,
Immediate Release27 April 2026 Cape Town, South Africa – As South Africa commemorates Freedom Day, Cornerstone Institute is calling on the nation
Immediate01 April 2026 “Why does government think it can clamp down on a budding sector, one that allows ordinary people to exchange
Civil rights organisation Free SA has raised serious concerns about the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs’ proposed Amendment Regulations aimed
Cornerstone Institute has officially secured seven founding partners for the first phase of its Give Back 100 campaign. This national bursary initiative
Free SA has noted the publication of the Draft Policy Direction on Electronic Communications Network Deployment by the Department of Communications and
Before she was a master of the reefs, Silindile “Mama Sli” Mbuyazi was a young girl terrified of the ocean, certain she
Despite welcome commitments to education, the failure to open funding to accredited private institutions means thousands of students will remain stranded, says
The student funding programme welcomes higher‑education commitments, but says leaving income caps untouched keeps too many capable students on the sidelines. Johannesburg,
Cape Town – The Southern African Faith Communities’ Environment Institute (SAFCEI), together with the Environmental Justice Network (EJN), African Climate Alliance (ACA),
Johannesburg, South Africa – As universities across South Africa open for the 2026 academic year this week, the Ikusasa Student Financial Aid
Free SA, the Foundation for Rights of Expression and Equality, has raised alarm over the draft regulations issued under the Prevention and
The Foundation for Rights of Expression and Equality, Free SA, has issued a strong caution against the National Minimum Wage Commission’s proposed
Sodwana Bay, KZN, South Africa – 12 December 2025 – The eKhaya Centre, home to the NEWF (Nature, Environment & Wildlife Filmmakers)
The redevelopment of the Golden Acre Precinct, which sits at the centre of of Cape Town’s largest public transport interchange, has formally
Cape Town, South Africa: Tomorrow, 12 December 2025, marks the close of the second application window for the Give Back 100 Campaign
Free SA has submitted a formal submission in response to the Department of Basic Education opposing key aspects of the newly proposed
Fish Hoek Athletics Club, organisers of the 48th Timbercity Red Hill Marathon, in partnership with MANZI Water, has announced a major milestone
South African commentator and NewsFlash host Joe Emilio has released a new exposé on what he calls a “municipal ransom scheme” after
The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) will this week be investigating the destructive effects of fake transformation policies like BEE, employment equity
The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) will be approaching the South African Council of Churches (SACC) to discuss the scale of the
As the widely publicised Driefontein case heads to court-directed mediation, the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) is following up on its earlier
The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) will this week be urging all G20 leaders and delegations to insist when they visit the
Co-Founder of Nature Environment and Wildlife Filmmakers (NEWF) brings decades of experience to the first National Geographic International Explorers Festival to be
13 November 2025 Free SA has launched a national campaign opposing the proposed Business Licensing Bill of 2025, which seeks to centralise
Johannesburg – A new nationally representative opinion survey by the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) has found a clear rebuke to political
A recent study by the Institute of Race Relations’ (IRR) has found that nearly all South Africans, from across all communities, want
Johannesburg, 17 October 2025 – The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) warns that South Africa’s economic and moral crisis is laid bare
Immediate Release1 October 2025 The Foundation for Rights of Expression and Equality (Free SA) has launched a national campaign to oppose proposed
Press ReleaseImmediate Release22 September 2025 Beacon Bay Retail Park: Where Local Business is Getting a Real Boost In October 2024, Growthpoint Properties,
IRR polling… found that most South Africans reject not only the claim of BEE success, but the underpinning principles of the policy
25 August 2025 Baby Savers SA, an organization dedicated to offering desperate mothers an option for safe relinquishment of unwanted babies as
30 July 2025 Johannesburg, South Africa – A strategic collaboration between Krones Southern Africa and the Ikusasa Student Financial Aid Programme Foundation
15 July 2025 Free SA has launched a bold public campaign asking the question many South Africans are quietly contemplating: Do we
“Those who died in shipwrecks in the slave trade were still Africans, they did not reach the America’s to become African American…
11 July 2025Johannesburg, South Africa – As concerns mount over the United States’ announcement of a 30% tariff on all South African
20 June 2025 The Foundation for Rights of Expression and Equality (Free SA) has welcomed the Department of Basic Education’s newly published
18 June 2025 The Ikusasa Student Financial Aid Programme Foundation (ISFAP) wishes to commend the 1472 graduates who have obtained university degrees