Spotlight on social grants
Special GroundUp series on social grants
Military veteran still waiting for pension four years after court victory
Defence department owes former APLA member nearly R1-million as it continues trying to overturn a judgment ordering it to pay his pension
Law | 7 July 2026
R4.8-billion meant for social grants goes unspent
Department of Social Development spent R281-billion on grants, against a R286-billion budget
Parliament | 25 June 2026
Treasury to decide on basic income policy by July, MPs told
Social Relief of Distress grant might be extended while a new policy is finalised
News | 18 June 2026
Pensioners queue from 2am at SASSA office in Tshwane
Beneficiaries sleep on cardboard outside the Soshanguve office
Brief | 19 May 2026
Thousands of grants suspended after SASSA review process in Limpopo
SASSA says no grant has been incorrectly stopped, but beneficiaries are battling
By Thembi Siaga
News | 16 April 2026
Court rules CPS must pay SASSA
Company ordered to pay back R81-million in profits from unlawful contract
Law | 8 April 2026
Postbank to resume black card rollout in April
About 600,000 beneficiaries are still without the new card
Brief | 27 March 2026
Most social grant fraud involves officials, not beneficiaries, report says
The Institute for Economic Justice says 75% of reported fraud cases have involved government employees, contractors or officials
News | 12 March 2026
Lesotho pensioner’s epic journey to renew her social grant
Macharles Mahlekele, 86, spent a night in a stuck taxi and two days sheltering with strangers after a flooded river blocked her route home
News | 12 March 2026