Spotlight on social grants
Special GroundUp series on social grants
Seven million people have applied for the R350 grant since Saturday
Social Development says its budget can only cater for 10.5-million
Brief | 29 April 2022
SASSA not processing new applications for the R350 Covid grant
The agency says it’s waiting for Department of Social Development to finalise amended regulations
News | 19 April 2022
Bathabile Dlamini’s conviction sends a message to all public officials
There are consequences for failing in their duties
By Thuli Zulu
Opinion | 18 March 2022
Bring back our post office, demand Fort Beaufort residents
Town’s only post office cannot cope with the numbers of social grant beneficiaries
Brief | 3 March 2022
Child Support Grant needs to be increased, report finds
Researchers say the grant should be R624 – the food poverty line
News | 25 February 2022
Finance Minister announces 2022 social grant increases
New grant for orphans announced in budget. Nearly one in two South Africans now receives a grant
By Liezl Human
Brief | 23 February 2022
Concourt hammers unlawful social grants company
Cash Paymaster Services has tried to delay handing over information on its profits
Law | 14 February 2022
Activists lobby President to make Covid grant permanent
Following a meeting with organisations last week, the presidency acknowledged the impact the grant has had in reducing poverty and hunger
News | 26 January 2022
Universal social security is now a matter of urgency
Government must implement a policy for either a basic income grant or a grant for unemployed people
By Abongile Nkamisa and Ariella Scher
Opinion | 3 December 2021