Spotlight on social grants
Special GroundUp series on social grants
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
MPs grill Social Development over grant payments
“If the same findings are coming through, how effective are these enforcement powers of the Auditor-General?”
News | 12 October 2023
MPs blast Post Office and Postbank leadership
“I don’t see a clear way forward. What I see is yet another failed entity” says MP
By Sonia A. Rao
News | 11 October 2023
Child Support Grant must be increased to reduce child poverty, review finds
Government could face court action for failing in its constitutional duty
By Daniel Steyn
News | 9 October 2023
Grant beneficiaries queue at ATMs as KZN post offices run out of cash
“In the 90s, the Post Office was reliable but now it seems as if everything is falling apart,” says KwaMashu pensioner
Brief | 5 October 2023
Some pensioners are still queuing for hours for their grants
But payments seem to be going more smoothly, at least in some places
By Sonia A. Rao and Qaqamba Falithenjwa
News | 4 October 2023
Postbank board axed over unlawful contracts
Over 600,000 beneficiaries were affected by last week’s system failure, Ministers confirm
By Daniel Steyn, Qaqamba Falithenjwa and Ella Morrison
News | 14 September 2023