Spotlight on social grants

Special GroundUp series on social grants

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Social grants: protesters demand answers from Dlamini

Activists and grant beneficiaries demonstrate in front of SASSA offices in Umlazi

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News | 9 March 2017

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Constitutional Court calls SASSA to account

Agency told to provide details of new social grant payment contract

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News | 8 March 2017

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New social grants contract to be finalised by Friday

Dlamini says SASSA underestimated the task of taking over grant payments

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News | 7 March 2017

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Court bid to stop CPS making profits from new SASSA contract

Freedom Under Law asks Constitutional Court to block fee increase

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News | 7 March 2017

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SASSA backtracks on commitment to Constitutional Court

Social grants agency strikes deal with CPS for two years, not one

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News | 6 March 2017

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Deductions from social grants: how it all works

“First they steal our money, and then we are forced to beg them for a loan”

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Analysis | 3 March 2017

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Picket at SASSA offices as April deadline looms

Grant beneficiaries still complaining about deductions

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News | 3 March 2017

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Child grants can help mothers get better jobs

Research shows that grants make it easier for women to look for work

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Opinion | 2 March 2017

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SASSA withdraws application to Constitutional Court hours after filing it

Dlamini to meet provincial ministers over “chaos” at SASSA

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News | 1 March 2017