Spotlight on social grants
Special GroundUp series on social grants
SASSA Gold Cards will remain valid, says Postbank, as deadline looms
Replacement with the new Postbank Black Card has begun in KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng, the Northern Cape and North West
News | 8 November 2024
Treasury defends SRD grant regulations
The Institute of Economic Justice is challenging regulations for the Social Relief of Distress grant which it says are unconstitutional.
Law | 31 October 2024
Court bid to declare social grant regulations unconstitutional
About 8-million people are being denied the R370 SRD grant according to the Institute for Economic Justice
Law | 29 October 2024
Government must protect legitimate SRD grant applicants, say activists
Universal Basic Income Coalition say fraudulent applications only represent a “small proportion of applications”
News | 28 October 2024
Minister says social grant flaws found by students will be investigated within 30 days
Stellenbosch teenaged students present their findings to Parliament
Parliament | 23 October 2024
People wait months to be verified for R370 SRD grant
SASSA blames the Home Affairs online system
News | 22 October 2024
Social grant fraud: SASSA needs to act, not deny
Instead of wrongly accusing us of illegal hacking, SASSA should take urgent action to fix the extremely serious problems we described
By Joel Cedras and Veer Gosai
Analysis | 18 October 2024
MPs demand Postbank explain “persistent” problems with social grants
Beneficiaries with gold cards have been struggling to access their grants
News | 15 October 2024