Spotlight on social grants
Special GroundUp series on social grants
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
Police use pepper spray against Covid-19 grant queue in East London
Desperate rush to collect grants as deadline looms
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik, Mkhuseli Sizani, Thamsanqa Mbovane, Masego Mafata, Lloyd Dyongman and Marecia Damons
News | 29 January 2021
Covid-19 grant: no new applications will be considered, says SASSA
Beneficiaries still hoping the grant will be extended after 31 January
News | 28 January 2021
Covid-19 grant beneficiaries hoping for a miracle
Monthly grant is due to come to an end in January
News | 27 January 2021
Lindiwe Zulu urged to introduce new child grant
Amendment to Social Assistance Act would allow minister to prescribe additional payments
By Liezl Human
News | 27 January 2021
“I have tried all the tricks … but with no success” says frustrated Covid-19 grant applicant
Despite new Post Office system, snaking queues are the norm in Port Elizabeth
News | 22 January 2021
Disability grants: SASSA promises to clear Western Cape backlog by end of March
Extra doctors have been brought in, SASSA executive tells Western Cape legislature
News | 21 January 2021
SASSA’s Uitenhage office only serves 50 people a day. This is what it looked like at 1:30pm
News | 21 January 2021