Spotlight on social grants
Special GroundUp series on social grants
New app to help Western Cape social workers
Plan is to slash time spent on paperwork
News | 25 July 2024
Here’s why people with green ID books are struggling with SASSA’s new verification process
Many beneficiaries of the monthly R370 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant might not be paid
News | 26 June 2024
SASSA’s new ID verification process sparks alarm
Biometric identification has been introduced to fight fraud, says agency
News | 19 June 2024
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