Spotlight on social grants
Special GroundUp series on social grants
Bathabile Dlamini’s conviction sends a message to all public officials
There are consequences for failing in their duties
By Thuli Zulu
Opinion | 18 March 2022
Bring back our post office, demand Fort Beaufort residents
Town’s only post office cannot cope with the numbers of social grant beneficiaries
Brief | 3 March 2022
Child Support Grant needs to be increased, report finds
Researchers say the grant should be R624 – the food poverty line
News | 25 February 2022
Finance Minister announces 2022 social grant increases
New grant for orphans announced in budget. Nearly one in two South Africans now receives a grant
By Liezl Human
Brief | 23 February 2022
Concourt hammers unlawful social grants company
Cash Paymaster Services has tried to delay handing over information on its profits
Law | 14 February 2022
Activists lobby President to make Covid grant permanent
Following a meeting with organisations last week, the presidency acknowledged the impact the grant has had in reducing poverty and hunger
News | 26 January 2022
Universal social security is now a matter of urgency
Government must implement a policy for either a basic income grant or a grant for unemployed people
By Abongile Nkamisa and Ariella Scher
Opinion | 3 December 2021
Activists demand Basic Income Grant
Protesters march on National Treasury after budget last week
Brief | 18 November 2021
Loadshedding causes social grant backlogs
SASSA says staff are manually filling out applications
Brief | 18 November 2021