Special GroundUp series on social grants
Despite new Post Office system, snaking queues are the norm in Port Elizabeth
22 January 2021
Extra doctors have been brought in, SASSA executive tells Western Cape legislature
21 January 2021
“South Africa is like that, if you don’t have money you can’t have access to things”
20 January 2021
SASSA admits it’s in “crisis mode”
20 January 2021
There are over 30,000 child headed households in South Africa
18 January 2021
This comes after police opened a water cannon on people queueing for grants in Bellville
By Mary-Anne Gontsana and Ashraf Hendricks
15 January 2021
Sometimes knives are drawn as “agents” fight for their place in the Covid-19 grant queue
15 January 2021
SASSA has proposed a ten-point plan to deal with backlogs
By Mary-Anne Gontsana and GroundUp Staff
14 January 2021
Eastern Cape beneficiaries travel 100km to try to beat the queues
14 January 2021
SASSA says her old age grant will be paid in February
13 January 2021
53,000 disability grants have lapsed in the Western Cape
13 January 2021
Social grant applicants spend the night huddled together outside in the hope of being helped
8 December 2020
But SASSA beneficiaries still have to queue for hours
By Joseph Chirume, Mkhuseli Sizani, Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Thamsanqa Mbovane
26 November 2020
It is unclear why a judge facing impeachment was chosen to hear new matters concerning the executive
By James Stent
10 November 2020
Millions of beneficiaries need the top-up to get by, argued Black Sash
By Zoë Postman
2 November 2020