Spotlight on social grants
Special GroundUp series on social grants
BEE partners did nothing, say auditors of SASSA contract
Explosive report into costs claimed by Cash Paymaster Services on social grants payment contract
By Zoë Postman
Feature | 6 February 2020
Cash Paymaster Services might have to pay SASSA R1 billion
Auditor’s report suggests the company understated its profits by more than R840 million
By Zoë Postman
Feature | 6 February 2020
Social Development asks for extension to clear foster care grant backlog
The battle to resolve the huge backlog dates back to 2011
News | 20 November 2019
Government scrambles as court deadline on foster care looms
Thousands of foster care grants at stake
News | 31 October 2019
Will Net1 have to pay back the money?
Accounts being audited by SASSA in accordance with Constitutional Court ruling
GroundView | 29 October 2019
New social grant system hurts the elderly, study finds
Long queues, no toilets: the closure of the old paypoints leaves pensioners in the lurch
News | 4 October 2019
89,000 children’s foster care grants at risk
Government promises to meet November deadline, but MPs are sceptical
News | 19 September 2019
Family of six no longer has to survive on one old age pension
Mayor and government intervene to help Flagstaff family get IDs, social grants and a better home
Brief | 13 August 2019
If this is freedom then I don’t want it, says 80-year-old Flagstaff granny
No IDs, so no social grants: family survives off grandmother’s pension
News | 10 May 2019