Sassa
R350 grant: SASSA in court over “unfair” exclusions
Agency accused of turning down too many applicants
By Liezl Human
News | 5 September 2023
Grant recipients unable to renew their cards as expiry date looms
Social grant beneficiaries are worried they won’t be paid in two weeks
By Chris Gilili and Vincent Lali
News | 24 April 2023
“Post office is crumbling under the pressure” says social grant activist
This comes as millions of gold SASSA cards will be expiring soon
By Liezl Human
News | 6 April 2023
SASSA owes millions in outstanding municipal bills
One of the offices in Durban owed over R6-million in rent
By Liezl Human
Brief | 17 January 2023
Long queues and constant system failures at SASSA Soshanguve office
SASSA blames staff shortages and loadshedding
Brief | 16 January 2023
SASSA beneficiaries left stranded on Friday morning
They were told staff were having a party. GroundUp was told the same thing but the Western Cape SASSA spokesperson has denied this
By Liezl Human
Brief | 13 December 2022
Closure of SASSA pay points “catastrophic” for pensioners in rural areas
Elderly people in rural Eastern Cape are paying R120 to go and collect their grants
By Mkhuseli Sizani and Daniel Steyn
News | 15 September 2022
Loadshedding causes more hardship for grant recipients
Khayelitsha residents protested on Thursday, demanding SASSA open more service sites
News | 30 June 2022
Bring back our post office, demand Fort Beaufort residents
Town’s only post office cannot cope with the numbers of social grant beneficiaries
Brief | 3 March 2022