“People are poor and cannot afford to travel far for services that should be here,” says resident
Brief | 8 April 2024
Earlier this week residents picketed, demanding that a new office be built and for staff to be trained
News | 14 February 2024
SASSA admitted that there had been “technical challenges with the online system” but that these had since been resolved
News | 27 October 2023
Postbank says problem has mostly been resolved
By Qaqamba Falithenjwa and Ella Morrison
News | 6 September 2023
Agency accused of turning down too many applicants
By Liezl Human
News | 5 September 2023
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