Spotlight on social grants
Special GroundUp series on social grants
Bathabile Dlamini to be prosecuted for perjury
Black Sash and Centre for Applied Legal Studies welcome the “message that everyone is equal before the law”
By James Stent
News | 24 August 2021
R350-a-month Covid grant is too low, say speakers at Women on Farms meeting
“If I could, I would rather work”
By Liezl Human
News | 19 August 2021
Some people haven’t received their disability grants since the start of the year
Frustrated temporary disability grant beneficiaries say SASSA offices are not coping
By Liezl Human
News | 11 August 2021
No major setbacks for social grant payments in areas hit by riots
SASSA says many buildings it used were damaged and electronic equipment looted
News | 10 August 2021
R350 Covid grant is too little and excludes too many, research report finds
Grant is used up on basic services that should be free
News | 28 July 2021
Yes, we can afford a Universal Basic Income Guarantee
It just needs political will
By Aliya Chikte and Gilad Isaacs
Opinion | 28 July 2021
The Covid grant should be R585, so everyone can afford to eat
Black Sash launches a report into the implementation and impact of the Covid-19 SRD Grant
By Theresa Edlmann, Engenas Senona, Erin Torkelson and Wanga Zembe
Opinion | 27 July 2021
Treasury considering return of Covid-19 grant
Activists have so far collected over 62,000 signatures to petition for the R350 grant to be reintroduced
By Liezl Human
Brief | 20 July 2021
Fears that some SASSA beneficiaries will not get paid next month
Cash paypoints across the country have been closed due to the unrest
By Liezl Human
Brief | 14 July 2021