Spotlight on social grants
Special GroundUp series on social grants
Desperate pleas for government to continue Covid-19 grant
“With the grant I could buy food that lasted a month”
By Thamsanqa Mbovane and Joseph Chirume
News | 18 May 2021
Dlamini finally pays R650,000 owed in legal costs
The former Minister of Social Development was ordered to personally pay the Black Sash Trust and Freedom Under Law
By Liezl Human
Brief | 13 May 2021
Desperate people queue for last Covid-19 grants
Grant was terminated at the end of April but some payments are still outstanding
News | 12 May 2021
Video: Sleeping rough to get a grant
People sleep outside a SASSA office through the night hoping they will be served the next day
By Ashraf Hendricks and Liezl Human
Video | 11 May 2021
Long queues at post offices as activists picket for Covid-19 grant extension
”I do not even have money to go back home if I don’t get paid today. I am hungry” says hopeful beneficiary
By Liezl Human, Kimberly Mutandiro, Masego Mafata and Loyiso Dyongman
News | 30 April 2021
Last-minute call to extend Covid-19 grant
Grant due to end on 30 April
By Liezl Human
Brief | 29 April 2021
“R350 is a start, but not enough” says Covid-19 grant recipient
Activists are calling for the Social Relief of Distress Grant to be extended and increased
News | 23 April 2021
Activists call for extension of Covid-19 grant
Demands to be given to Department of Social Development on Thursday
Brief | 21 April 2021
SASSA on target to clear Western Cape disability grant backlog, agency says
Only 10,000 people still need assessments, SASSA says, but Black Sash is sceptical
By Liezl Human
News | 14 April 2021