Special GroundUp series on social grants
BRIEF
30 March 2020
“Our biggest concern is when the virus reaches rural areas and townships”
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Johnnie Isaac
Pensioners queue among mass of shoppers to collect social grants
By Joseph Chirume and Mkhuseli Sizani
GROUNDVIEW
27 March 2020
Cash Paymaster Services could pay back profits as ordered by Constitutional Court
By GroundUp Editors
NEWS
18 March 2020
Department of Social Development’s backlog still huge as new deadline looms
By Karabo Mafolo
2 March 2020
Annie Tshimanga given the runaround by SASSA after her card was stolen
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik
26 February 2020
Issues included unemployment, climate change and gender rights
By Ashraf Hendricks, Tariro Washinyira and Vincent Lali
FEATURE
6 February 2020
Explosive report into costs claimed by Cash Paymaster Services on social grants payment contract
By Zoë Postman
Auditor’s report suggests the company understated its profits by more than R840 million
20 November 2019
The battle to resolve the huge backlog dates back to 2011
31 October 2019
Thousands of foster care grants at stake
By Barbara Maregele
29 October 2019
Accounts being audited by SASSA in accordance with Constitutional Court ruling
4 October 2019
Long queues, no toilets: the closure of the old paypoints leaves pensioners in the lurch
By Madison Yauger
19 September 2019
Government promises to meet November deadline, but MPs are sceptical
13 August 2019
Mayor and government intervene to help Flagstaff family get IDs, social grants and a better home
By Sibahle Siqathule
10 May 2019
No IDs, so no social grants: family survives off grandmother’s pension
26 April 2019
“If you do not sleep here, you will not get assisted”
By Velani Ludidi
