People battling with online applications have flocked to local centres, causing overcrowding
News | 14 January 2021
SASSA has proposed a ten-point plan to deal with backlogs
By Mary-Anne Gontsana and GroundUp Staff
News | 14 January 2021
Eastern Cape beneficiaries travel 100km to try to beat the queues
News | 14 January 2021
“Stop pussyfooting around funerals” says infectious disease professor
Science | 14 January 2021
But minister Motsoaledi this week temporarily suspended certain services, including applications for new IDs, passports and all marriage services
News | 14 January 2021
11,000 of the nearly 20,000 deaths are considered excess deaths. The vast majority are likely due to Covid-19
By James Stent and Nathan Geffen
Science | 13 January 2021
SASSA says her old age grant will be paid in February
News | 13 January 2021
Hopewell Chin’ono was arrested along with two others for speaking out against police brutality on social media
Law | 13 January 2021
Death of founder and funder spells closure for well-known shelter
Brief | 13 January 2021
Teachers who admitted to beatings receive “shockingly lenient” sentences
Law | 13 January 2021
53,000 disability grants have lapsed in the Western Cape
News | 13 January 2021
A 20-year-old says he were punched and kicked outside his mother's house
News | 12 January 2021
Residents believe their area will be safer without illegal connections
Brief | 12 January 2021
We challenge political leaders and celebrities to publicly commit to getting vaccinated
GroundView | 12 January 2021
Cancer patient turned away after sleeping outside SASSA office to renew grant
News | 12 January 2021
Commissioner Thabang Mampane told MPs last year that the minstrel museum officially opened in 2016. It’s still not open
News | 11 January 2021
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