Spotlight on social grants
Special GroundUp series on social grants
Loan shark steals SASSA cards in Eastern Cape
Beneficiaries forced to change PINs
News | 9 September 2020
R50 to get to town to collect R350 Covid-19 grant
Local post offices are not paying out grants, say Limpopo beneficiaries
News | 19 August 2020
SASSA not processing new disability grant applications during the pandemic
“I came here with my letter to apply for a grant. I didn’t even make it through the gate”
News | 21 July 2020
Long queues for Covid-19 relief grants
Post Office urges people to wait for an SMS confirming funds are available
News | 14 July 2020
Who is responsible for government’s failure to deliver?
Food and social grant commitments have fallen woefully short
Analysis | 3 July 2020
Khayelitsha SASSA office to re-open Thursday
Frustrated grant beneficiaries had to travel to other offices
Brief | 1 July 2020
Lockdown has worsened pressure on foster care system, says Social Development
About 129,136 foster care orders will expire on 26 November 2020
By Liezl Human
News | 30 June 2020
Postbank security breach highlights SASSA’s failures
SA Social Security Agency seems unable to administer social grant payments
Analysis | 17 June 2020
Covid-19: To get inside SASSA offices you must sleep outside, says grant applicant
People are bringing chairs and tents and staying all night so that they can get their grants
By Ashraf Hendricks and Zoë Postman
News | 5 June 2020