Special GroundUp series on social grants
The agency has upped its helpline answer rate from 30% to 79%
By Liezl Human
Brief | 10 June 2021
Nocawa Maneli of Gqeberha lives off pap and rice supplied by relatives
News | 9 June 2021
Activist organisations battling to secure meetings
News | 28 May 2021
“With the grant I could buy food that lasted a month”
By Thamsanqa Mbovane and Joseph Chirume
News | 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
Brief | 13 May 2021
Grant was terminated at the end of April but some payments are still outstanding
News | 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
Video | 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
News | 30 April 2021
Grant due to end on 30 April
By Liezl Human
Brief | 29 April 2021
Activists are calling for the Social Relief of Distress Grant to be extended and increased
News | 23 April 2021
Demands to be given to Department of Social Development on Thursday
Brief | 21 April 2021
Only 10,000 people still need assessments, SASSA says, but Black Sash is sceptical
By Liezl Human
News | 14 April 2021
Freedom Under Law has accused CPS of under-reporting its profits by R800 million
Law | 1 April 2021
Black Sash concerned that rushed medical assessments will affect the outcome of applications
By Liezl Human
News | 30 March 2021
A study found that many pregnant women in the Cape Metro went hungry following the Covid-19 lockdown
News | 19 March 2021
Virtual medical assessments will speed up the process, Western Cape legislature told
News | 4 March 2021