Spotlight on social grants
Special GroundUp series on social grants
“We are failing them” SASSA staff tell minister
Minister of Social Development Dina Pule acknowledged the need for more staff and empathised with workers’ frustrations at SASSA’s Bellville office
Brief | 13 August 2026
SASSA Gold Card: 280,000 people still need to switch
Beneficiaries urged to get Postbank Black Card before 31 August deadline
Brief | 29 July 2026
Minister promises shorter SASSA queues and R1.5-billion in savings
More workers, extended office operating hours, and 350,000 beneficiaries targeted for review
Brief | 21 July 2026
Military veteran still waiting for pension four years after court victory
Defence department owes former APLA member nearly R1-million as it continues trying to overturn a judgment ordering it to pay his pension
Law | 7 July 2026
R4.8-billion meant for social grants goes unspent
Department of Social Development spent R281-billion on grants, against a R286-billion budget
Parliament | 25 June 2026
Treasury to decide on basic income policy by July, MPs told
Social Relief of Distress grant might be extended while a new policy is finalised
News | 18 June 2026
Pensioners queue from 2am at SASSA office in Tshwane
Beneficiaries sleep on cardboard outside the Soshanguve office
Brief | 19 May 2026
Thousands of grants suspended after SASSA review process in Limpopo
SASSA says no grant has been incorrectly stopped, but beneficiaries are battling
By Thembi Siaga
News | 16 April 2026
Court rules CPS must pay SASSA
Company ordered to pay back R81-million in profits from unlawful contract
Law | 8 April 2026