Spotlight on social grants
Special GroundUp series on social grants
MPs slam Social Development’s annual report
Problems include lapsed foster grants, missed targets for elderly, too many roadshows and much more
Parliament | 7 November 2017
Treasury steps in to break social grants deadlock
SASSA and Post Office fail to reach agreement
Parliament | 2 November 2017
SASSA, post office in desperate bid to solve grants crisis
MPs grill SASSA and Minister over failure to sign contract
News | 31 October 2017
SASSA will have one month to test new grants payment system
Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini acknowledges that “time is an issue”
Brief | 30 October 2017
SASSA offers Post Office payment of social grants
A deal could help revive South Africa’s postal service
Brief | 19 October 2017
SASSA heading for another crisis, say MPs
Panel of experts slams SASSA for failing to provide information
News | 18 October 2017
Black Sash raises red flag over future of SASSA accounts
Social grant cards will not expire on 31 December
News | 17 October 2017
Foster grants – Bathabile Dlamini’s next national embarrassment?
Six years after ruling, huge backlogs persist as December court deadline looms
Parliament | 12 October 2017
Only one third of SASSA disputed deductions resolved
MPs grill agency on damning annual report
Parliament | 6 October 2017