Articles for Marecia Damons
Rules for R370-a-month social grant to be challenged in court in October
#PayTheGrants and the Institute for Economic Justice say regulations exclude many people who are eligible; government disagrees
News | 2 September 2024
Thousands of teaching posts to be cut in the Western Cape
Schools are expected to receive their 2025 staff allocations on Friday
News | 27 August 2024
Researchers raise alarm about access to Child Support Grant
Poverty rates are rising but fewer babies are getting the grant, a UCT study finds
News | 23 August 2024
Riverlands families struggle to pick up the pieces after flash floods
Clean-up operations are underway
Text by Marecia Damons. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 20 August 2024
SASSA office in Strand will only re-open after September
Applicants for grants urged to use the online system
Brief | 20 August 2024
Security guard strike hits Western Cape SASSA offices
Several offices closed on Tuesday
Brief | 14 August 2024
“If you come here after 7h30, you probably won’t get helped”: the struggle to get into a SASSA office
Social grant beneficiaries get up before dawn or sleep outside the office in Eerste River
News | 8 August 2024
Beneficiaries are still battling with SASSA’s new biometric system
Pilot programme rolled out to help recipients of the Social Relief of Distress grant to verify their identity
News | 30 July 2024
Churches join call for basic income grant
Providing a guaranteed minimum level of income frees people from vicious cycle of poverty, says Archbishop Thabo Makgoba
News | 26 July 2024