Special GroundUp series on social grants
Local post offices are not paying out grants, say Limpopo beneficiaries
News | 19 August 2020
“I came here with my letter to apply for a grant. I didn’t even make it through the gate”
News | 21 July 2020
Post Office urges people to wait for an SMS confirming funds are available
News | 14 July 2020
Food and social grant commitments have fallen woefully short
Analysis | 3 July 2020
Frustrated grant beneficiaries had to travel to other offices
Brief | 1 July 2020
About 129,136 foster care orders will expire on 26 November 2020
By Liezl Human
News | 30 June 2020
SA Social Security Agency seems unable to administer social grant payments
Analysis | 17 June 2020
People are bringing chairs and tents and staying all night so that they can get their grants
By Ashraf Hendricks and Zoë Postman
News | 5 June 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
Many South Africans have no income
Analysis | 19 May 2020
Scuffles break out as desperate people try to get to the front of the queue
News | 13 May 2020
“We do not have any other choice but to wait”
News | 12 May 2020
If you want people to stay home and businesses to stay shut, you have to pay them to do so
By Gilad Isaacs
Opinion | 12 May 2020
Nearly 600,000 grant payments duplicated on Monday
By Zoë Postman
Brief | 6 May 2020