Articles for Marecia Damons

SASSA expects to save R341-million by tightening screenings

Treasury has added new conditions to improve the monitoring of grants

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News | 20 November 2025

Bid to evict District Six pensioner dismissed

Court rules an eviction would be unjust given Noor-Banu Allie’s age, limited income and deep ties to District Six

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Law | 18 November 2025

Pensioners forced to make repeat trips to apply for old age grants

To deal with the high demand in Bellville, SASSA will operate until 6pm

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News | 14 November 2025

Pensioners ask Parliament to increase grant to R5,000

“We are not asking for charity, we are asking for justice and dignity”

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News | 6 November 2025

Child Support Grant must be increased to end child hunger, report says

The grant has reduced child hunger, but 1.2-million more children are short of food than in 2019

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News | 4 November 2025

Tardy judges late on hundreds of judgments

Some judgments have been outstanding for four years

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Brief | 15 October 2025

Judge hands down ruling three years late

For most of that time there was no record of it in the official report that tracks late judgments

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News | 14 October 2025

SASSA extends Postbank’s contract by three months

The agreement, which governs how millions of grants are paid, was supposed to lapse on 30 September

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News | 2 October 2025

Judge dismisses Postbank’s attempt to keep social grants contract

Postbank “created its own urgency” by waiting until September to bring the application, the Gauteng High Court ruled. It has known since 2024 that the contract would be terminated this month.

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News | 29 September 2025

Court battle over the end of Postbank’s agreement with SASSA

Postbank argues that ending its contract could have “severe consequences” for millions of social grant beneficiaries

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News | 25 September 2025

SASSA says it has fixed most of its audit problems but gaps remain

About R140‑million was paid to deceased beneficiaries over three years

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News | 11 September 2025

New deadline for phase-out of SASSA Gold Cards

About 450,000 people still need to switch to Postbank’s Black Card

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News | 3 September 2025

SASSA assures Parliament grants will be paid when Postbank contract ends

The service agreement between SASSA and Postbank ends on 30 September

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News | 28 August 2025

Grant beneficiaries confused by funeral policy deductions

SASSA’s system allows insurance companies to make deductions from social grants

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News | 28 August 2025

SASSA to bring in biometrics for all social grant applications from September

The plan is to curb fraud and speed up processes

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Brief | 27 August 2025

Hundreds of judgments are still late

And the late judgments list is also late

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Brief | 29 July 2025