Articles for Marecia Damons

SASSA suspends 70,000 grant payments in crackdown

Close to 400,000 beneficiaries notified their social grants are under review as oversight tightens

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News | 5 February 2026

Basic income grant policy will take another year at least

Revised policy will be sent to Cabinet in March 2027

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News | 5 February 2026

Principal Wesley Neumann’s return to Heathfield High delayed

The Western Cape Education Department has filed a notice of intention to apply for leave to appeal, which has delayed Neumann’s planned return to the school on 2 February

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Law | 30 January 2026

State is blocking access to SASSA grants, argue activists

The Institute for Economic Justice (IEJ) and the #PayTheGrants campaign want the Supreme Court of Appeal to dismiss government’s appeal

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News | 28 January 2026

SRD grant increase is “simply unaffordable” says Treasury

Government appeals ruling that R370 grant regulations are unconstitutional and unlawful

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News | 26 January 2026

Education department blames late applications for unplaced learners

Hundreds of parents queued outside the Western Cape Education Department’s offices in Mitchells Plain on Friday

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News | 16 January 2026

Future of SRD grant uncertain, says Treasury

Universal Basic Income Coalition says government’s proposals to link the grant to employment-related conditions could exclude eligible beneficiaries

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News | 6 January 2026

Living on R2,320 a month: Here’s how a pensioner spends her grant

“Sometimes by the 15th of the month, the groceries are all done,” says 61-year-old Noah Libbie

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News | 11 December 2025

Thabo Bester delays trial with six court cases

Prison escape trial, originally set down for February 2025, postponed to July 2026

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News | 5 December 2025