Spotlight on social grants
Special GroundUp series on social grants
New social grant system hurts the elderly, study finds
Long queues, no toilets: the closure of the old paypoints leaves pensioners in the lurch
News | 4 October 2019
89,000 children’s foster care grants at risk
Government promises to meet November deadline, but MPs are sceptical
News | 19 September 2019
Family of six no longer has to survive on one old age pension
Mayor and government intervene to help Flagstaff family get IDs, social grants and a better home
Brief | 13 August 2019
If this is freedom then I don’t want it, says 80-year-old Flagstaff granny
No IDs, so no social grants: family survives off grandmother’s pension
News | 10 May 2019
Old people and babies spend night outside in queue for SASSA services
“If you do not sleep here, you will not get assisted”
News | 26 April 2019
Software glitch causes social grant panic
Some beneficiaries were not paid, but the problem was resolved by Tuesday afternoon
Brief | 2 April 2019
Social grant paypoints should not be an election issue, MPs warned
Politicians told not to try to keep costly paypoints open
News | 5 March 2019
Moneyline accuses SASSA of stealing its clients
Thousands of social grant beneficiaries moved off EasyPay card, court told
By Zoë Postman
News | 27 February 2019
New social grant for families
Deadline approaches for key amendments to foster care grants
By Kim Reynolds
News | 14 December 2018