Spotlight on social grants
Special GroundUp series on social grants
SASSA beneficiaries left stranded on Friday morning
They were told staff were having a party. GroundUp was told the same thing but the Western Cape SASSA spokesperson has denied this
By Liezl Human
Brief | 13 December 2022
“I had to put my groceries back” says Delft mother after her SASSA card was declined
Postbank abruptly suspended grant withdrawals at ATMs after incidents of fraud
News | 8 December 2022
Postbank loses over R18-million to cybercrime attacks
Most of the money stolen came from the SASSA beneficiary grant payment system, says CEO
News | 1 December 2022
Mother makes over 200 calls to Post Offices in desperate bid to get her social grant
Postbank says it is working to resolve the system glitch for all recipients
By Liezl Human
News | 11 November 2022
R350-a-month grant extended until March 2024
But millions who used to get the grant have not been receiving it
By Liezl Human
News | 26 October 2022
Call for Treasury to tax the rich to pay for a Basic Income Grant
“Government has ignored poor and marginalised people for too long”
By Chris Gilili
News | 18 October 2022
About 7.5 million people receive the R350 grant
Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu also announces top-up grant for relatives caring for orphans
News | 11 October 2022
Social grants: labour federations reject government proposals
Fears that many will be excluded when Social Relief of Distress grant is replaced
News | 29 September 2022
Closure of SASSA pay points “catastrophic” for pensioners in rural areas
Elderly people in rural Eastern Cape are paying R120 to go and collect their grants
By Mkhuseli Sizani and Daniel Steyn
News | 15 September 2022