Spotlight on social grants
Special GroundUp series on social grants
Pensioners ask Parliament to increase grant to R5,000
“We are not asking for charity, we are asking for justice and dignity”
News | 6 November 2025
Child Support Grant must be increased to end child hunger, report says
The grant has reduced child hunger, but 1.2-million more children are short of food than in 2019
News | 4 November 2025
Child Support Grant cannot feed a child
Cost of meeting a child’s nutritional needs exceeds R560 grant
By The Outlier and GroundUp Staff
Charts | 24 October 2025
Pensioners refunded after we queried funeral policy deductions
Insurance companies insist they have proof that pensioners agreed, but questions remain about how this was done
By Thembi Siaga, Anton van Zyl and Raymond Joseph
Feature | 2 October 2025
SASSA extends Postbank’s contract by three months
The agreement, which governs how millions of grants are paid, was supposed to lapse on 30 September
News | 2 October 2025
Judge dismisses Postbank’s attempt to keep social grants contract
Postbank “created its own urgency” by waiting until September to bring the application, the Gauteng High Court ruled. It has known since 2024 that the contract would be terminated this month.
News | 29 September 2025
Court battle over the end of Postbank’s agreement with SASSA
Postbank argues that ending its contract could have “severe consequences” for millions of social grant beneficiaries
News | 25 September 2025
Chart of the week: Postbank loses social grant clients
More than 75% of Postbank’s clients have moved to private banks
By GroundUp and The Outlier
Charts | 5 September 2025
New deadline for phase-out of SASSA Gold Cards
About 450,000 people still need to switch to Postbank’s Black Card
News | 3 September 2025