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Deductions from social grants: how it all works

“First they steal our money, and then we are forced to beg them for a loan”

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Analysis | 3 March 2017

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Picket at SASSA offices as April deadline looms

Grant beneficiaries still complaining about deductions

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News | 3 March 2017

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San Council launches code of ethics for researchers

Research must be on our terms, says council

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News | 3 March 2017

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Toilet cleaners lack vaccinations and safety clothes in Philippi

Workers fear losing their jobs if they complain to management

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News | 2 March 2017

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Gugulethu residents fight over future of Tambo Square

City wants to put in services for shack dwellers, but local residents want community facilities

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News | 2 March 2017

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No sign of promised R30 million Eastern Cape science centre

Cofimvaba schools were promised centre would open in March 2017

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News | 2 March 2017

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Child grants can help mothers get better jobs

Research shows that grants make it easier for women to look for work

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Opinion | 2 March 2017

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Drug offers new option for patients with TB and Aids

Clinical trial shows positive effects of steroid for patients on ARVs

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News | 2 March 2017

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SASSA withdraws application to Constitutional Court hours after filing it

Dlamini to meet provincial ministers over “chaos” at SASSA

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News | 1 March 2017

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South Africa lacks statistics on gender

Public access to data crucial to address sex and gender based crime

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Opinion | 1 March 2017

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Land reform favours businesses, not the poor, say researchers

Eastern Cape study suggests system provides “little or no tenure security” for intended beneficiaries

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News | 1 March 2017

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Angry residents stone fire engines for “being late”

Phumani Village residents say firefighters arrived after the community already had control of the blaze

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Brief | 1 March 2017

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SASSA’s last-ditch Constitutional Court bid

Agency asks Court to allow extension of Net1 grants payment contract

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News | 28 February 2017

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No learning at Mseki Primary School until department answers demands

If this is what it takes to get equal and better education, so be it – parent

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Brief | 28 February 2017

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Last-minute contract may cost SASSA 30% more

Black Sash asks Constitutional Court to take back oversight of grant payments

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News | 28 February 2017

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Young leaders call on president to take action against xenophobia

Open letter to President Jacob Zuma and Minister Malusi Gigaba

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Opinion | 28 February 2017

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Good luck waiting on SASSA office's response

The longer they take, the more the staff can steal. I've heard stories of Cape Town senior citizens… Read more

SASSA, bring in the youth

Why doesn't the government employ young people who finished university at SASSA offices? Or childre… Read more

This is ridiculously cruel and completely disatisfactory

I have experienced exactly the same thing: long queues out in the cold and being turned away with m… Read more

SASSA needs a better plan

We all waited at Wynberg yesterday with queries. By 3pm we demanded to see a person in charge. A ma… Read more

Almost five months just trying to hand in documents

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