Spotlight on social grants
Special GroundUp series on social grants
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
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