Articles for Marecia Damons
Activists call for a task team to find ways to boost Covid grant
Social protection provides a lifeline but it’s not enough, say researchers
Brief | 17 May 2022
Post Office no longer paying R350 grant
Beneficiaries must now collect their money at retail stores or USave
News | 12 May 2022
Broken bureaucracy violating prisoners’ rights
Sifiso Tembe may or may not be guilty. But he has definitely not been given a fair trial process
By Marecia Damons and Nathan Geffen
News | 10 May 2022
Young people have to choose between eating and looking for work, survey finds
The cost of looking for employment is too high, say researchers
News | 6 May 2022
Seven million people have applied for the R350 grant since Saturday
Social Development says its budget can only cater for 10.5-million
Brief | 29 April 2022
SASSA not processing new applications for the R350 Covid grant
The agency says it’s waiting for Department of Social Development to finalise amended regulations
News | 19 April 2022
Protesters say poor people excluded from housing indaba
Demonstrations outside and inside convention centre at Cape Town launch of land release programme
By Vincent Lali, Ashraf Hendricks and Marecia Damons
News | 8 April 2022
Prison visits reinstated as National State of Disaster ends
Covid mandatory protocols and regulations will still be adhered to during visits
Brief | 7 April 2022
Cape Town to give an additional R10-million to shelters
Human Rights Commission urges city to move away from ‘us and them’ mentality when it comes to homelessness
News | 4 April 2022