Spotlight on social grants
Special GroundUp series on social grants
Thousands of children with disabilities are not receiving the Care Dependency Grant
And the R2,180 monthly amount is too little to cover the costs of caring for a child with disabilities
By Daniel Steyn
News | 23 May 2024
Universal Basic Income Grant: What should a payment system look like?
South Africa can learn from Brazil
Abby May, Zen Mathe and Michael Marchant for Open Secrets
Analysis | 13 May 2024
Universal Basic Income Grant: who will profit?
There are risks in using a private company to pay the grants
Abby May, Zen Mathe and Michael Marchant for Open Secrets
Analysis | 10 May 2024
Universal Basic Income Grant: who should run it?
The sad history of Net1 and the Post Office shows that this is an important question
Abby May, Zen Mathe and Michael Marchant for Open Secrets
Analysis | 8 May 2024
Traditional leaders fight to keep SASSA cash pay points open
But SASSA says it’s too late
By Masoka Dube
News | 9 April 2024
Beneficiaries struggling with grants since SASSA closed Macassar office
“People are poor and cannot afford to travel far for services that should be here,” says resident
Brief | 8 April 2024
Mpumalanga pensioners furious that SASSA paypoint closed
Tribal authority promises to take up the issue
By Masoka Dube
Brief | 26 March 2024
Budget: Social grants go up but not by much
Old age, war veterans, disability and care dependency grants up by R90 in April and another R10 from October
News | 21 February 2024
Increase tax on sugary drinks to fund an increase in social grants, say activists
Higher sugar tax would also save on health care
News | 21 February 2024