Spotlight on social grants
Special GroundUp series on social grants
When you have to borrow R100 to get to a post office to draw your R800 salary
Closure of the Paterson Post Office in the Eastern Cape forces workers and pensioners to go to other towns
News | 18 April 2023
“Post office is crumbling under the pressure” says social grant activist
This comes as millions of gold SASSA cards will be expiring soon
By Liezl Human
News | 6 April 2023
Covid grant should be increased to at least R413, say civil society groups
A new means test and bank verification process has resulted in far fewer people getting the grant
By Liezl Human
News | 20 March 2023
“R350 is an insult. It is even less than the lunch of a minister’s son a day”
Activist groups demand Basic Income Grant of R1,500 at Kariega protest
Brief | 23 February 2023
Budget: social grants go up, but not as much as inflation
Covid grant budget slashed by R8-billion
News | 22 February 2023
Budget protesters demand “a decent life”
Cry of the Xcluded calls for basic income grant in Wednesday’s budget
Brief | 21 February 2023
Over a million people who qualify for the R350 grant aren’t getting it
Only 85% of all approved beneficiaries are being paid, Parliament hears
News | 15 February 2023
No lights, no photocopier, broken toilets: the SASSA office in Mokopane is a mess
Agency moved into “temporary” offices more than a year ago
Brief | 8 February 2023
Hundreds march to demand Ramaphosa address Basic Income Grant at SONA
Civil society organisations want R350 SRD grant increased to R1,447
By Chris Gilili
Brief | 2 February 2023