Spotlight on social grants
Special GroundUp series on social grants
Correcting social grant deductions is “expensive” and “inefficient”
Beneficiaries struggle to get back money taken in fraudulent debits to their accounts
News | 23 April 2018
New SASSA cards to be launched countrywide in May
Worcester beneficiaries among first group to get new cards
Brief | 19 April 2018
Social grant payouts go smoothly in Western Cape
SASSA says over 900,000 people have been successfully paid so far in the province
News | 9 April 2018
SASSA says Grindrod bank charge is “disingenuous”
SASSA card users will be charged R10 a month plus ATM withdrawal charges
By Aidan Jones
Brief | 29 March 2018
Over 5 million social grant beneficiaries to pay R10 “bank charge”
SASSA assures MPs that all grants will be paid from 1 April
News | 28 March 2018
Constitutional Court gives social grant payment company six-month extension
High Court rules that CPS must pay back its profits
By Zoë Postman
Law | 23 March 2018
Advocate accuses Dlamini of lying
Former minister is trying to avoid being held personally liable for court costs
By Zoë Postman
News | 20 March 2018
2.5 million people at risk of not receiving social grants on time
Provincial heads at the South African Social Security Agency briefed Parliament on contingency plans
Parliament | 16 March 2018
SASSA is trying to blackmail Constitutional Court, says judge
Social Security Agency argues for extension of CPS contract
By Zoë Postman
News | 7 March 2018