Spotlight on social grants
Special GroundUp series on social grants
Government scrambles as court deadline on foster care looms
Thousands of foster care grants at stake
News | 31 October 2019
Will Net1 have to pay back the money?
Accounts being audited by SASSA in accordance with Constitutional Court ruling
GroundView | 29 October 2019
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