Articles for Barbara October

Mogoeng tells SASSA to go back to the drawing board

Constitutional Court orders agency to consider paying grants through the banking system

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News | 29 November 2017

Orphaned child’s 10-year battle for a birth certificate

Family caught in catch-22 situation

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News | 28 November 2017

SASSA’s failures make smooth grant handover impossible, warn experts

Deadline reached for SASSA to make deal with Post Office

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News | 24 November 2017

Post Office will get deal to pay social grants by Friday

MPs still concerned with timeline of implementing the new payment system

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Parliament | 21 November 2017

Human Rights Commission hears of abuses in remote towns

SAHRC says it wants to be “more accessible” to people living far from big cities

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News | 21 November 2017

Net1 moneylender headed for court

Moneyline counters accusations of reckless lending to social grant beneficiaries

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News | 15 November 2017

Post Office to pay social grants

MPs call for investigation into “delays by SASSA” in appointing the Post Office

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News | 8 November 2017

MPs slam Social Development’s annual report

Problems include lapsed foster grants, missed targets for elderly, too many roadshows and much more

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Parliament | 7 November 2017

Teacher accused of sexual assault wants case thrown out

Lawyer accuses state of delaying court process

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Brief | 2 November 2017

Treasury steps in to break social grants deadlock

SASSA and Post Office fail to reach agreement

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Parliament | 2 November 2017

SASSA, post office in desperate bid to solve grants crisis

MPs grill SASSA and Minister over failure to sign contract

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News | 31 October 2017

Municipality in debt so Eskom cuts electricity to households

Eskom is owed over R258 million by several Northern Cape towns

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News | 25 October 2017

Credit regulator to investigate moneylender

“Conniving loan sharks” must be brought to book, says member of provincial parliament

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News | 25 October 2017

#UniteBehind to take PRASA to court

Activist group demands urgent action against corruption and poor management at rail agency

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News | 20 October 2017

Western Cape education MEC reprimanded by judge

Court wants to know why no plan has been made for school facing eviction

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Law | 19 October 2017

SASSA heading for another crisis, say MPs

Panel of experts slams SASSA for failing to provide information

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News | 18 October 2017