Social grant beneficiaries are worried they won’t be paid in two weeks
By Chris Gilili and Vincent Lali
News | 24 April 2023
This comes as millions of gold SASSA cards will be expiring soon
By Liezl Human
News | 6 April 2023
One of the offices in Durban owed over R6-million in rent
By Liezl Human
Brief | 17 January 2023
SASSA blames staff shortages and loadshedding
Brief | 16 January 2023
They were told staff were having a party. GroundUp was told the same thing but the Western Cape SASSA spokesperson has denied this
By Liezl Human
Brief | 13 December 2022
Elderly people in rural Eastern Cape are paying R120 to go and collect their grants
By Mkhuseli Sizani and Daniel Steyn
News | 15 September 2022
Khayelitsha residents protested on Thursday, demanding SASSA open more service sites
News | 30 June 2022
Town’s only post office cannot cope with the numbers of social grant beneficiaries
Brief | 3 March 2022
About 60% of participants are found to have high blood pressure
News | 10 February 2022
Unpaid electricity bills and armed robberies have collapsed Qunu’s multi-purpose community centre
News | 19 November 2021
SASSA says staff are manually filling out applications
Brief | 18 November 2021
Moneyline had been accused by Black Sash of using social grants as collateral for loans
News | 8 November 2021
Since 1 July receiving a child support grant should not exclude one from getting the R350 Covid-19 grant
News | 25 October 2021
Long queues, paid placeholders, offline systems and load-shedding leave social grant beneficiaries empty-handed
News | 15 October 2021
They also demand improved Social Relief of Distress Grant application process
Brief | 4 October 2021
One pensioner had at least three months worth of her R1,890 monthly pension stolen
News | 14 September 2021