Spotlight on social grants
Special GroundUp series on social grants
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
SASSA applicants camped outside Mdantsane office
“I noticed that most people getting served were those who had camped here the night before, so I decided to join them”
Brief | 27 May 2020
SASSA applicants brave cold and rain to queue for help
SASSA says it’s only accepting online applications for the Covid-19 Relief Grant
News | 26 May 2020
“I slept outside SASSA for two days with my child” says mom desperate for help
The line outside the offices in Long Street has been snaking for days
Photos by Ashraf Hendricks
News | 21 May 2020
SASSA’s big test: When will the emergency Covid-19 social grant be paid?
Many South Africans have no income
Analysis | 19 May 2020
Covid-19: Hundreds of social grant applicants turned away in East London
Scuffles break out as desperate people try to get to the front of the queue
News | 13 May 2020
Covid-19: Applicants for grants sleep outside SASSA offices
“We do not have any other choice but to wait”
News | 12 May 2020
Covid-19: The lockdown is being torn apart on the rocks of fiscal miserliness
If you want people to stay home and businesses to stay shut, you have to pay them to do so
By Gilad Isaacs
Opinion | 12 May 2020