Topic: Social Grants

SASSA underspent R4-billion on SRD grants, says Auditor General

Members of Parliament criticise the agency for R316-million in overpayments

News | 12 September 2024

Rules for R370-a-month social grant to be challenged in court in October

#PayTheGrants and the Institute for Economic Justice say regulations exclude many people who are eligible; government disagrees

By Marecia Damons

News | 2 September 2024

Researchers raise alarm about access to Child Support Grant

Poverty rates are rising but fewer babies are getting the grant, a UCT study finds

By Marecia Damons

News | 23 August 2024

Pensioners dropped from Community Works Programme

Department of Co-operative Governance wants to end “double-dipping”

By Thamsanqa Mbovane

News | 20 August 2024

SASSA office in Strand will only re-open after September

Applicants for grants urged to use the online system

By Marecia Damons

Brief | 20 August 2024

Security guard strike hits Western Cape SASSA offices

Several offices closed on Tuesday

By Marecia Damons

Brief | 14 August 2024

“If you come here after 7h30, you probably won’t get helped”: the struggle to get into a SASSA office

Social grant beneficiaries get up before dawn or sleep outside the office in Eerste River

By Marecia Damons

News | 8 August 2024

Beneficiaries are still battling with SASSA’s new biometric system

Pilot programme rolled out to help recipients of the Social Relief of Distress grant to verify their identity

By Marecia Damons

News | 30 July 2024

SASSA’s fraud management system is fraught with danger

It is irrational to expect people who can’t afford food to have a smartphone and internet access

By Kelle Howson, Hoodah Abrahams-Fayker, Vayda Megannon and General Alfred Moyo

Opinion | 30 July 2024

Churches join call for basic income grant

Providing a guaranteed minimum level of income frees people from vicious cycle of poverty, says Archbishop Thabo Makgoba

By Marecia Damons

News | 26 July 2024

New app to help Western Cape social workers

Plan is to slash time spent on paperwork

By Marecia Damons

News | 25 July 2024

Here’s why people with green ID books are struggling with SASSA’s new verification process

Many beneficiaries of the monthly R370 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant might not be paid

By Marecia Damons

News | 26 June 2024

SASSA’s new ID verification process sparks alarm

Biometric identification has been introduced to fight fraud, says agency

By Marecia Damons

News | 19 June 2024

Thousands of children with disabilities are not receiving the Care Dependency Grant

And the R2,180 monthly amount is too little to cover the costs of caring for a child with disabilities

By Daniel Steyn

News | 23 May 2024

Universal Basic Income Grant: What should a payment system look like?

South Africa can learn from Brazil

Abby May, Zen Mathe and Michael Marchant for Open Secrets

Analysis | 13 May 2024

Universal Basic Income Grant: who will profit?

There are risks in using a private company to pay the grants

Abby May, Zen Mathe and Michael Marchant for Open Secrets

Analysis | 10 May 2024

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