Special GroundUp series on social grants
Brother and sister used to rely on Covid-19 grant
17 June 2021
The agency has upped its helpline answer rate from 30% to 79%
By Liezl Human
10 June 2021
Nocawa Maneli of Gqeberha lives off pap and rice supplied by relatives
9 June 2021
Activist organisations battling to secure meetings
28 May 2021
“With the grant I could buy food that lasted a month”
By Thamsanqa Mbovane and Joseph Chirume
18 May 2021
The former Minister of Social Development was ordered to personally pay the Black Sash Trust and Freedom Under Law
By Liezl Human
13 May 2021
Grant was terminated at the end of April but some payments are still outstanding
12 May 2021
People sleep outside a SASSA office through the night hoping they will be served the next day
By Ashraf Hendricks and Liezl Human
11 May 2021
”I do not even have money to go back home if I don’t get paid today. I am hungry” says hopeful beneficiary
By Liezl Human, Kimberly Mutandiro, Masego Mafata and Loyiso Dyongman
30 April 2021
Activists are calling for the Social Relief of Distress Grant to be extended and increased
23 April 2021
Demands to be given to Department of Social Development on Thursday
21 April 2021
Only 10,000 people still need assessments, SASSA says, but Black Sash is sceptical
By Liezl Human
14 April 2021
Freedom Under Law has accused CPS of under-reporting its profits by R800 million
1 April 2021
Black Sash concerned that rushed medical assessments will affect the outcome of applications
By Liezl Human
30 March 2021
A study found that many pregnant women in the Cape Metro went hungry following the Covid-19 lockdown
19 March 2021