Spotlight on social grants
Special GroundUp series on social grants
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
Refugee mother owed nine months of child grants
Annie Tshimanga given the runaround by SASSA after her card was stolen
Brief | 2 March 2020
Budget Day marked by protests and marches
Issues included unemployment, climate change and gender rights
By Ashraf Hendricks, Tariro Washinyira and Vincent Lali
News | 26 February 2020
BEE partners did nothing, say auditors of SASSA contract
Explosive report into costs claimed by Cash Paymaster Services on social grants payment contract
By Zoë Postman
Feature | 6 February 2020
Cash Paymaster Services might have to pay SASSA R1 billion
Auditor’s report suggests the company understated its profits by more than R840 million
By Zoë Postman
Feature | 6 February 2020
Social Development asks for extension to clear foster care grant backlog
The battle to resolve the huge backlog dates back to 2011
News | 20 November 2019