Special GroundUp series on social grants
SASSA admits it’s in “crisis mode”
News | 20 January 2021
There are over 30,000 child headed households in South Africa
News | 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
News | 15 January 2021
Sometimes knives are drawn as “agents” fight for their place in the Covid-19 grant queue
News | 15 January 2021
SASSA has proposed a ten-point plan to deal with backlogs
By Mary-Anne Gontsana and GroundUp Staff
News | 14 January 2021
Eastern Cape beneficiaries travel 100km to try to beat the queues
News | 14 January 2021
SASSA says her old age grant will be paid in February
News | 13 January 2021
53,000 disability grants have lapsed in the Western Cape
News | 13 January 2021
Social grant applicants spend the night huddled together outside in the hope of being helped
News | 8 December 2020
But SASSA beneficiaries still have to queue for hours
By Joseph Chirume, Mkhuseli Sizani, Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Thamsanqa Mbovane
News | 26 November 2020
It is unclear why a judge facing impeachment was chosen to hear new matters concerning the executive
By James Stent
Law | 10 November 2020
Millions of beneficiaries need the top-up to get by, argued Black Sash
By Zoë Postman
Law | 2 November 2020
Women cry from hunger and sleep outside waiting to be served
News | 2 November 2020
High interest rates are charged yet there is little risk to lenders
By Erin Torkelson, Deborah James and David Neves
Opinion | 29 October 2020
But top-ups to other grants will come to an end, Finance Minister announces
By James Stent
Brief | 28 October 2020
Tens of thousands of children yet again at risk of losing their grants
By James Stent
News | 22 October 2020