Special GroundUp series on social grants
The Institute of Economic Justice is challenging regulations for the Social Relief of Distress grant which it says are unconstitutional.
Law | 31 October 2024
About 8-million people are being denied the R370 SRD grant according to the Institute for Economic Justice
Law | 29 October 2024
Universal Basic Income Coalition say fraudulent applications only represent a “small proportion of applications”
News | 28 October 2024
Stellenbosch teenaged students present their findings to Parliament
Parliament | 23 October 2024
SASSA blames the Home Affairs online system
News | 22 October 2024
Instead of wrongly accusing us of illegal hacking, SASSA should take urgent action to fix the extremely serious problems we described
By Joel Cedras and Veer Gosai
Analysis | 18 October 2024
Beneficiaries with gold cards have been struggling to access their grants
News | 15 October 2024
SASSA needs to disclose how this happened and the scale of the problem
By Joel Cedras and Veer Gosai
Analysis | 14 October 2024
But the agency is bleeding funds due to fraudulent payments still being made
News | 11 October 2024
Most applicants have never had a job
Brief | 2 October 2024
The Unconditional Cash Transfer Project gives monthly cash transfers to 100 unemployed graduates
News | 30 September 2024
Department of Co-operative Governance reverses decision to end contracts of about 35,000 employees who also get old age grants
Brief | 17 September 2024
Members of Parliament criticise the agency for R316-million in overpayments
News | 12 September 2024
#PayTheGrants and the Institute for Economic Justice say regulations exclude many people who are eligible; government disagrees
News | 2 September 2024
Poverty rates are rising but fewer babies are getting the grant, a UCT study finds
News | 23 August 2024