About 6,000 grants were paid late in the Eastern Cape
Brief | 17 September 2020
6,000 grants not paid due to “technical glitch”
News | 11 September 2020
Dozens more people plan to spend Wednesday night outside the KwaNobuhle mall to be first in line tomorrow
News | 12 August 2020
Post Office urges people to wait for an SMS confirming funds are available
News | 14 July 2020
“I noticed that most people getting served were those who had camped here the night before, so I decided to join them”
Brief | 27 May 2020
SASSA says it’s only accepting online applications for the Covid-19 Relief Grant
News | 26 May 2020
The line outside the offices in Long Street has been snaking for days
Photos by Ashraf Hendricks
News | 21 May 2020
“Our biggest concern is when the virus reaches rural areas and townships”
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Johnnie Isaac
Brief | 30 March 2020
Thousands of foster care grants at stake
News | 31 October 2019
Offices unstaffed in Maqongqo, Pietermaritzburg
Brief | 22 October 2019
“If you do not sleep here, you will not get assisted”
News | 26 April 2019
Application was brought by beneficiaries with EasyPay Everywhere accounts held at Grindrod Bank
By Ciaran Ryan
News | 29 November 2018
Social Development Minister to address claims by CPS on Friday
Brief | 30 August 2018
Delays could have been avoided by Dlamini and former CEO Pearl Bhengu but their conduct was not “in bad faith or grossly negligent”
By Zoë Postman
Law | 30 August 2018
Despite being notified of the disaster SASSA has done nothing for the 12 families in Wallacedene who lost everything in a fire
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 21 August 2018
Pensioners in Pietermaritzburg complain of long lines and not being helped
News | 20 August 2018