Social Development asks for extension to clear foster care grant backlog

The battle to resolve the huge backlog dates back to 2011

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News | 20 November 2019

Government scrambles as court deadline on foster care looms

Thousands of foster care grants at stake

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News | 31 October 2019

Will Net1 have to pay back the money?

Accounts being audited by SASSA in accordance with Constitutional Court ruling

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GroundView | 29 October 2019

New social grant system hurts the elderly, study finds

Long queues, no toilets: the closure of the old paypoints leaves pensioners in the lurch

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News | 4 October 2019

89,000 children’s foster care grants at risk

Government promises to meet November deadline, but MPs are sceptical

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News | 19 September 2019

Family of six no longer has to survive on one old age pension

Mayor and government intervene to help Flagstaff family get IDs, social grants and a better home

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Brief | 13 August 2019

If this is freedom then I don’t want it, says 80-year-old Flagstaff granny

No IDs, so no social grants: family survives off grandmother’s pension

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News | 10 May 2019

Old people and babies spend night outside in queue for SASSA services

“If you do not sleep here, you will not get assisted”

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News | 26 April 2019

Software glitch causes social grant panic

Some beneficiaries were not paid, but the problem was resolved by Tuesday afternoon

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Brief | 2 April 2019

Social grant paypoints should not be an election issue, MPs warned

Politicians told not to try to keep costly paypoints open

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News | 5 March 2019

Moneyline accuses SASSA of stealing its clients

Thousands of social grant beneficiaries moved off EasyPay card, court told

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News | 27 February 2019

New social grant for families

Deadline approaches for key amendments to foster care grants

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News | 14 December 2018

Court orders SASSA to pay grants into accounts chosen by beneficiaries

Application was brought by beneficiaries with EasyPay Everywhere accounts held at Grindrod Bank

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News | 29 November 2018

MPs relieved after SASSA briefing on social grant payments

But Black Sash says important issues were not addressed

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News | 8 November 2018

Gogos pay to queue for pensions

Social grant beneficiaries pay R10 to R20 to get a space outside the Pietermaritzburg post office

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News | 30 October 2018

At last a foster care grant for Newcastle family

Uncle’s year-long wait is over

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Brief | 18 October 2018