Spotlight on social grants
Special GroundUp series on social grants
“It’s almost like they want you to give up”: desperate applicants queue at SASSA Eersteriver
Even those who slept at the offices are not sure to be served
Brief | 16 February 2024
Old Age Grant is not enough to cover care needs, researchers find
Pensioners often carry households at the expense of their own needs
By Daniel Steyn
News | 15 February 2024
Recipients blocked from getting R350 grant after fraudsters change their cell numbers
SASSA says the SRD grant has placed a massive burden on the agency and plans to implement new software to help prevent fraud
By Daniel Steyn
Brief | 16 January 2024
My children will go to school without shoes, says mother whose child grant has not been paid
SASSA says 150,000 grants have been suspended
By Daniel Steyn
News | 10 January 2024
Many child support grant recipients left without money for January
SASSA spokesperson denies there is a problem, but officials speaking anonymously say otherwise
By Daniel Steyn, Qaqamba Falithenjwa and Thamsanqa Mbovane
News | 9 January 2024
SASSA cash paypoints to be phased out by April 2024
Black Sash predicts “devastating” effect on grant recipients in rural areas
By Daniel Steyn
Brief | 12 December 2023
Black Sash film challenges SASSA’s closure of cash pay points in rural areas
But SASSA says it is inefficient and unsustainable to transport cash to a “handful of people”.
By Daniel Steyn
News | 30 November 2023
Here’s how South Africa’s social grant system has changed since 1994
SASSA pays 26-million grants every month
By Daniel Steyn
Explainer | 2 November 2023
No clarity on when Makhanda will have a post office again
The post office closed in July
Brief | 2 November 2023