Khayelitsha residents protested on Thursday, demanding SASSA open more service sites
News | 30 June 2022
Town’s only post office cannot cope with the numbers of social grant beneficiaries
Brief | 3 March 2022
About 60% of participants are found to have high blood pressure
News | 10 February 2022
Unpaid electricity bills and armed robberies have collapsed Qunu’s multi-purpose community centre
News | 19 November 2021
SASSA says staff are manually filling out applications
Brief | 18 November 2021
Moneyline had been accused by Black Sash of using social grants as collateral for loans
News | 8 November 2021
Since 1 July receiving a child support grant should not exclude one from getting the R350 Covid-19 grant
News | 25 October 2021
Long queues, paid placeholders, offline systems and load-shedding leave social grant beneficiaries empty-handed
News | 15 October 2021
They also demand improved Social Relief of Distress Grant application process
Brief | 4 October 2021
One pensioner had at least three months worth of her R1,890 monthly pension stolen
News | 14 September 2021
Grant beneficiaries have to wait for hours in long queues, and spend more of their grants on travelling
By Liezl Human
News | 13 September 2021
SASSA says many buildings it used were damaged and electronic equipment looted
News | 10 August 2021
Cash paypoints across the country have been closed due to the unrest
By Liezl Human
Brief | 14 July 2021
“We’ve been using vaccines for years. I don’t understand why people are afraid of this vaccine” says Soweto pensioner
Brief | 7 July 2021
But activists remain sceptical on whether it will alleviate the overburdened process for all vulnerable beneficiaries
By Liezl Human
News | 21 June 2021
The agency has upped its helpline answer rate from 30% to 79%
By Liezl Human
Brief | 10 June 2021