Special GroundUp series on social grants
Questions about income could be removed
News | 8 April 2025
Beneficiaries using the SASSA Gold Card have until 31 May to swap to the Black Card
By Marecia Damons and Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 2 April 2025
Postbank’s announcement comes after contradictory reports by SASSA and the Minister in the Presidency
News | 28 March 2025
Systems are being improved to solve the problem
News | 20 March 2025
“Due to the complexity and seriousness of this case…it deserves the attention of the Supreme Court of Appeal,” says Judge Leonard Twala
Brief | 19 March 2025
Postbank says it’s issuing over 30,000 per day to get as many people swapped before the 20 March deadline
News | 18 March 2025
About 1.4-million people still need to replace their SASSA cards before the deadline on Thursday
News | 14 March 2025
Agency plans to improve rented office space
Brief | 13 March 2025
Finance minister announces above-inflation grant increases
By Marecia Damons and Daniel Steyn
News | 12 March 2025
17.4-million people have applied for the Social Relief of Distress grant since it was introduced in May 2020
Brief | 11 March 2025
We spent time with 31-year-old Khanyo Mantshi from Khayelitsha who says his grant falls short of his needs
News | 10 March 2025
Postbank acknowledges that completing the card transition before 20 March deadline is unlikely
By Joseph Bracken and Marecia Damons
News | 6 March 2025
Postbank admits that completing the process on time is “impossible”
News | 4 March 2025
Unclear why same investigators, with unclear qualifications for the job, have presented more or less the same obvious findings to Parliament a second time
By Marecia Damons and Nathan Geffen
News | 26 February 2025