GroundUp asked ten departments about the billions they spend and published what came back. Several were in breach of their own disclosure policy. [...]
R47.2 billion in revenue, more than half of it online, treatment referrals doubled and self-exclusion requests up 240%. SAMNET calls for tobacco-style advertising restrictions. [...]
When protesters reached the Abdullah Quilliam Mosque in Liverpool, local non-Muslim residents stood with the Musalees. That did not happen by accident — it took years of engagement. [...]
SAMNET’s 2024 call to Ulema, Imaams and Trustees: open your Musjid from 2pm to 4pm on 24 September and host your neighbours. [...]
SAMNET on the drop-off in critical reporting on Palestine, the over-reliance on agency feeds, and the UN findings that went largely uncovered. [...]
SAMNET called on UP stakeholders to write to the university leadership urging it to break its relationships with Israeli academic institutions — five minutes of activism, respectfully and factually put. [...]
By-elections are poorly supported, so small blocks of votes decide them. The first requirement is to be registered — and it can be done online in minutes. [...]
SAMNET calls on stakeholders to commit 5% — or at least 1% — of charitable giving to preventing the root causes of disaster, rather than only responding to it. [...]
By-elections are small, poorly attended and often decided by fifty votes. A single mosque or group of families that interviews the candidates can decide the ward — and build a relationship with the winner. [...]
The Department of Science, Technology and Innovation announced a joint research, technology and innovation programme with Palestine. [...]
Iceland turned around a teen drinking crisis within a generation, and the model is already being trialled in George. SAMNET calls for engagement and volunteers. [...]
SAMNET calls on the public to monitor and complain about alcohol advertising, and to push for an end to industry self-regulation, sport and online advertising, and the glamorisation of drinking. [...]