Spotlight on social grants

Special GroundUp series on social grants

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Budget: Changes ahead for R370-a-month SRD grant

And National Treasury sets new conditions for other grants

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News | 21 May 2025

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Government starts review of social grants payment system

Review is planned over a nine-month period, but activists want it done “urgently”

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News | 20 May 2025

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Grant to prevent malnutrition is in limbo

Cabinet has concerns about Maternal Support Grant

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News | 19 May 2025

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We visited SASSA offices. Here’s what we found

People waiting in long queues told us their frustrations

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News | 7 May 2025

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Thousands of SASSA grants to be withheld this week

Affected beneficiaries must visit a SASSA office to update their details, or risk having their grants being suspended

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Brief | 6 May 2025

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Gold Card deadline cancelled

Postbank temporarily stops issuing Black Cards

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Brief | 24 April 2025

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SASSA’s new biometric tests

People without IDs have to do it

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Brief | 24 April 2025

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Department of Social Development proposes changes to SRD grant application

Questions about income could be removed

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News | 8 April 2025

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Mixed reviews for Cape Town SASSA offices on grant payment day

Beneficiaries using the SASSA Gold Card have until 31 May to swap to the Black Card

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News | 2 April 2025

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SASSA Gold Card deadline extended to 31 May

Postbank’s announcement comes after contradictory reports by SASSA and the Minister in the Presidency

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News | 28 March 2025

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SASSA explains why it paid grants to 75,000 dead people

Systems are being improved to solve the problem

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News | 20 March 2025

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Treasury and SASSA granted leave to appeal ruling on SRD grant

“Due to the complexity and seriousness of this case…it deserves the attention of the Supreme Court of Appeal,” says Judge Leonard Twala

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Brief | 19 March 2025

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Only one million grantees have so far switched to Postbank’s new card

Postbank says it’s issuing over 30,000 per day to get as many people swapped before the 20 March deadline

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News | 18 March 2025

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SASSA’s plans to shorten queues and improve grant payment system

About 1.4-million people still need to replace their SASSA cards before the deadline on Thursday

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News | 14 March 2025

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SASSA battling to find a permanent office in Khayelitsha

Agency plans to improve rented office space

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Brief | 13 March 2025

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Budget: Social grants to increase and VAT goes up

Finance minister announces above-inflation grant increases

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News | 12 March 2025