Spotlight on social grants
Special GroundUp series on social grants
R2,000 unconditional grant improves lives, KZN study finds
The Unconditional Cash Transfer Project gives monthly cash transfers to 100 unemployed graduates
News | 30 September 2024
Pensioners allowed back on Community Works Programme
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
SASSA underspent R4-billion on SRD grants, says Auditor General
Members of Parliament criticise the agency for R316-million in overpayments
News | 12 September 2024
Rules for R370-a-month social grant to be challenged in court in October
#PayTheGrants and the Institute for Economic Justice say regulations exclude many people who are eligible; government disagrees
News | 2 September 2024
Researchers raise alarm about access to Child Support Grant
Poverty rates are rising but fewer babies are getting the grant, a UCT study finds
News | 23 August 2024
Pensioners dropped from Community Works Programme
Department of Co-operative Governance wants to end “double-dipping”
News | 20 August 2024
SASSA office in Strand will only re-open after September
Applicants for grants urged to use the online system
Brief | 20 August 2024
Security guard strike hits Western Cape SASSA offices
Several offices closed on Tuesday
Brief | 14 August 2024
“If you come here after 7h30, you probably won’t get helped”: the struggle to get into a SASSA office
Social grant beneficiaries get up before dawn or sleep outside the office in Eerste River
News | 8 August 2024