Spotlight on social grants

Special GroundUp series on social grants

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Covid-19: Premier Mabuyane witnesses huge queues for social grants

“Our biggest concern is when the virus reaches rural areas and townships”

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Brief | 30 March 2020

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Covid-19: Busy roads, long queues and children playing in the streets of Port Elizabeth

Pensioners queue among mass of shoppers to collect social grants

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Brief | 30 March 2020

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Covid-19: Here’s a possible source of funds for social grants

Cash Paymaster Services could pay back profits as ordered by Constitutional Court

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GroundView | 27 March 2020

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Race to clear foster care backlog before November

Department of Social Development’s backlog still huge as new deadline looms

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News | 18 March 2020

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Refugee mother owed nine months of child grants

Annie Tshimanga given the runaround by SASSA after her card was stolen

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Brief | 2 March 2020

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Budget Day marked by protests and marches

Issues included unemployment, climate change and gender rights

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News | 26 February 2020

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BEE partners did nothing, say auditors of SASSA contract

Explosive report into costs claimed by Cash Paymaster Services on social grants payment contract

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Feature | 6 February 2020

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Cash Paymaster Services might have to pay SASSA R1 billion

Auditor’s report suggests the company understated its profits by more than R840 million

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Feature | 6 February 2020

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Social Development asks for extension to clear foster care grant backlog

The battle to resolve the huge backlog dates back to 2011

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News | 20 November 2019