Spotlight on social grants
Special GroundUp series on social grants
Covid-19 grant: We can learn from Namibia
Emergency grant was paid out to hundreds of thousands within three weeks
By Jeremy Seekings, Lena Gronbach and Nicoli Nattrass
Analysis | 29 April 2020
Covid-19: Ramaphosa’s plan is good, but the budget is insufficient
An in-depth analysis of the social grants component of the relief package
Analysis | 23 April 2020
Parent company moves to put Cash Paymaster Services into business rescue
Corruption Watch slams “legal manoeuverings by CPS to avoid paying its debt to the fiscus”
By Zoë Postman
News | 22 April 2020
Why South Africa needs basic income support now
A rapid increase in hunger levels in the poorest households undermines people’s ability to comply with the lockdown
Opinion | 21 April 2020
New twist in repayment of profits to SASSA
Application to Concourt in dispute over Cash Paymaster Services’ accounts
By Zoë Postman
News | 15 April 2020
Covid-19: Premier Mabuyane witnesses huge queues for social grants
“Our biggest concern is when the virus reaches rural areas and townships”
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Johnnie Isaac
Brief | 30 March 2020
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
By Joseph Chirume and Mkhuseli Sizani
Brief | 30 March 2020
Covid-19: Here’s a possible source of funds for social grants
Cash Paymaster Services could pay back profits as ordered by Constitutional Court
GroundView | 27 March 2020
Race to clear foster care backlog before November
Department of Social Development’s backlog still huge as new deadline looms
News | 18 March 2020