Spotlight on social grants
Special GroundUp series on social grants
National pension reform: This is about everyone’s future
Unpacking the Green Paper on social security reform
By James Stent
Analysis | 6 October 2021
Protesters accuse SASSA officials of bribery
They also demand improved Social Relief of Distress Grant application process
Brief | 4 October 2021
Activists demand SASSA fix “flawed” Covid-19 grant application process
SASSA says only 8 million of the 13 million people who applied for the R350 grant were approved
News | 24 September 2021
SASSA investigating “escalating” fraud cases
One pensioner had at least three months worth of her R1,890 monthly pension stolen
News | 14 September 2021
Social grant offices have been closed over the past year, leaving recipients to foot the bill
Grant beneficiaries have to wait for hours in long queues, and spend more of their grants on travelling
By Liezl Human
News | 13 September 2021
Bathabile Dlamini to be prosecuted for perjury
Black Sash and Centre for Applied Legal Studies welcome the “message that everyone is equal before the law”
By James Stent
News | 24 August 2021
R350-a-month Covid grant is too low, say speakers at Women on Farms meeting
“If I could, I would rather work”
By Liezl Human
News | 19 August 2021
Some people haven’t received their disability grants since the start of the year
Frustrated temporary disability grant beneficiaries say SASSA offices are not coping
By Liezl Human
News | 11 August 2021
No major setbacks for social grant payments in areas hit by riots
SASSA says many buildings it used were damaged and electronic equipment looted
News | 10 August 2021