Spotlight on social grants
Special GroundUp series on social grants
Concourt orders CPS to hand over documents showing social grant profits
Freedom Under Law has accused CPS of under-reporting its profits by R800 million
Law | 1 April 2021
Last minute drive to clear disability grant backlog
Black Sash concerned that rushed medical assessments will affect the outcome of applications
By Liezl Human
News | 30 March 2021
Call for Child Support Grant to include poor pregnant women
A study found that many pregnant women in the Cape Metro went hungry following the Covid-19 lockdown
News | 19 March 2021
SASSA vows to meet its disability grant deadline
Virtual medical assessments will speed up the process, Western Cape legislature told
News | 4 March 2021
Still no answers to why police used a water cannon on people in a SASSA queue
Independent Police Investigative Directorate considering an investigation
Brief | 22 February 2021
Covid-19 grant is not enough, say activists
The extension of the R350 grant has been welcomed but it is insufficient, say civic organisations
Brief | 15 February 2021
Covid-19 grant beneficiaries find post offices offline, closed or chaotic
Beneficiaries spend R50 of their R350 grant to reach a functioning post office
By Mkhuseli Sizani and Thamsanqa Mbovane
News | 10 February 2021
Closure of SASSA office leaves Saldanha Bay beneficiaries in the lurch
Applicants for disability grants have to spend R100 on a taxi ride to Vredenburg and back
News | 4 February 2021
“We are desperate”: Covid-19 grant beneficiaries still hope for a reprieve
“We really need this grant, as small as it may appear”
By Tariro Washinyira and Mkhuseli Sizani
News | 1 February 2021