Sassa
Desperate pleas for government to continue Covid-19 grant
“With the grant I could buy food that lasted a month”
By Thamsanqa Mbovane and Joseph Chirume
News | 18 May 2021
Dlamini finally pays R650,000 owed in legal costs
The former Minister of Social Development was ordered to personally pay the Black Sash Trust and Freedom Under Law
By Liezl Human
Brief | 13 May 2021
IPID finds “no misconduct” in using a water cannon on SASSA beneficiaries
Western Cape legislature says IPID report “disgraceful”
By Liezl Human
News | 7 May 2021
Concourt orders CPS to hand over documents showing social grant profits
Freedom Under Law has accused CPS of under-reporting its profits by R800 million
Law | 1 April 2021
Premier Winde calls on President Ramaphosa to intervene in SASSA crisis
This comes after police opened a water cannon on people queueing for grants in Bellville
By Mary-Anne Gontsana and Ashraf Hendricks
News | 15 January 2021
Blind pensioner left in the rain without answers outside SASSA office
SASSA says her old age grant will be paid in February
News | 13 January 2021
Sick people queue outside SASSA offices as disability grants lapse
53,000 disability grants have lapsed in the Western Cape
News | 13 January 2021
Scores of beneficiaries in Pietermaritzburg rush to renew lapsed disability grants
Cancer patient turned away after sleeping outside SASSA office to renew grant
News | 12 January 2021
Judge Makhubele is suspended … but still hearing cases
It is unclear why a judge facing impeachment was chosen to hear new matters concerning the executive
By James Stent
Law | 10 November 2020