Spotlight on social grants
Special GroundUp series on social grants
Legal but reckless: Lending to social grant recipients
High interest rates are charged yet there is little risk to lenders
By Erin Torkelson, Deborah James and David Neves
Opinion | 29 October 2020
Covid-19 grant extended to January
But top-ups to other grants will come to an end, Finance Minister announces
By James Stent
Brief | 28 October 2020
After years of missing deadlines government wants 18 more months to solve foster grant crisis
Tens of thousands of children yet again at risk of losing their grants
By James Stent
News | 22 October 2020
SASSA determined to get back “every cent” owed by Cash Paymaster Services
CPS owes SASSA R1.5 billion, says spokesperson
By Zoë Postman
News | 20 October 2020
Water outage stops SASSA office processing grants
Social grant beneficiaries were turned away from the Zwide office in PE on Tuesday due to a burst pipe
Brief | 14 October 2020
Foster-care bill will bring relief to thousands
Long-awaited, it is expected to be passed next week
By James Stent
News | 7 October 2020
Cash Paymaster Services to go into liquidation
SASSA says CPS has no hope of rescue because it owes all its profits
By Zoë Postman
News | 29 September 2020
“Insolvent” Cash Paymaster Services must still pay back profits to SASSA, court told
Freedom Under Law says that although CPS is in business rescue, the company must still repay profits as ordered by the Constitutional Court
By Zoë Postman
News | 23 September 2020
Foster parents paid after “technical glitch”
About 6,000 grants were paid late in the Eastern Cape
Brief | 17 September 2020