Special GroundUp series on social grants
Social protection provides a lifeline but it’s not enough, say researchers
Brief | 17 May 2022
Beneficiaries must now collect their money at retail stores or USave
News | 12 May 2022
Social Development says its budget can only cater for 10.5-million
Brief | 29 April 2022
The agency says it’s waiting for Department of Social Development to finalise amended regulations
News | 19 April 2022
There are consequences for failing in their duties
By Thuli Zulu
Opinion | 18 March 2022
Town’s only post office cannot cope with the numbers of social grant beneficiaries
Brief | 3 March 2022
Researchers say the grant should be R624 – the food poverty line
News | 25 February 2022
New grant for orphans announced in budget. Nearly one in two South Africans now receives a grant
By Liezl Human
Brief | 23 February 2022
Cash Paymaster Services has tried to delay handing over information on its profits
Law | 14 February 2022
Following a meeting with organisations last week, the presidency acknowledged the impact the grant has had in reducing poverty and hunger
News | 26 January 2022
Government must implement a policy for either a basic income grant or a grant for unemployed people
By Abongile Nkamisa and Ariella Scher
Opinion | 3 December 2021
Protesters march on National Treasury after budget last week
Brief | 18 November 2021
SASSA says staff are manually filling out applications
Brief | 18 November 2021
Seven months after Constitutional Court order to supply documents, liquidators apply to delay further
News | 18 November 2021
Unions and organisations call for a basic income grant
By Thamsanqa Mbovane, Marecia Damons and Liezl Human
News | 11 November 2021
We look at how different grants were evaluated in the recent SALDRU study
By James Stent
Analysis | 11 November 2021