Special GroundUp series on social grants
People sleep outside a SASSA office through the night hoping they will be served the next day
By Ashraf Hendricks and Liezl Human
Video | 11 May 2021
”I do not even have money to go back home if I don’t get paid today. I am hungry” says hopeful beneficiary
By Liezl Human, Kimberly Mutandiro, Masego Mafata and Loyiso Dyongman
News | 30 April 2021
Grant due to end on 30 April
By Liezl Human
Brief | 29 April 2021
Activists are calling for the Social Relief of Distress Grant to be extended and increased
News | 23 April 2021
Demands to be given to Department of Social Development on Thursday
Brief | 21 April 2021
Only 10,000 people still need assessments, SASSA says, but Black Sash is sceptical
By Liezl Human
News | 14 April 2021
Freedom Under Law has accused CPS of under-reporting its profits by R800 million
Law | 1 April 2021
Black Sash concerned that rushed medical assessments will affect the outcome of applications
By Liezl Human
News | 30 March 2021
A study found that many pregnant women in the Cape Metro went hungry following the Covid-19 lockdown
News | 19 March 2021
Virtual medical assessments will speed up the process, Western Cape legislature told
News | 4 March 2021
Independent Police Investigative Directorate considering an investigation
Brief | 22 February 2021
The extension of the R350 grant has been welcomed but it is insufficient, say civic organisations
Brief | 15 February 2021
Beneficiaries spend R50 of their R350 grant to reach a functioning post office
By Mkhuseli Sizani and Thamsanqa Mbovane
News | 10 February 2021
Applicants for disability grants have to spend R100 on a taxi ride to Vredenburg and back
News | 4 February 2021
“We really need this grant, as small as it may appear”
By Tariro Washinyira and Mkhuseli Sizani
News | 1 February 2021
Desperate rush to collect grants as deadline looms
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik, Mkhuseli Sizani, Thamsanqa Mbovane, Masego Mafata, Lloyd Dyongman and Marecia Damons
News | 29 January 2021