Special GroundUp series on social grants
New grant for orphans announced in budget. Nearly one in two South Africans now receives a grant
By Liezl Human
Brief | 23 February 2022
Cash Paymaster Services has tried to delay handing over information on its profits
Law | 14 February 2022
Following a meeting with organisations last week, the presidency acknowledged the impact the grant has had in reducing poverty and hunger
News | 26 January 2022
Government must implement a policy for either a basic income grant or a grant for unemployed people
By Abongile Nkamisa and Ariella Scher
Opinion | 3 December 2021
Protesters march on National Treasury after budget last week
Brief | 18 November 2021
SASSA says staff are manually filling out applications
Brief | 18 November 2021
Seven months after Constitutional Court order to supply documents, liquidators apply to delay further
News | 18 November 2021
Unions and organisations call for a basic income grant
By Thamsanqa Mbovane, Marecia Damons and Liezl Human
News | 11 November 2021
We look at how different grants were evaluated in the recent SALDRU study
By James Stent
Analysis | 11 November 2021
Moneyline had been accused by Black Sash of using social grants as collateral for loans
News | 8 November 2021
Some families have still not been paid out after the October 2019 fire in Vygieskraal in Cape Town
Brief | 2 November 2021
Civil society says it won't work, but government document claims it is the best option
By Liezl Human
News | 29 October 2021
“We are not forcing anyone to pay the money. We are creating jobs for ourselves”
News | 27 October 2021
Since 1 July receiving a child support grant should not exclude one from getting the R350 Covid-19 grant
News | 25 October 2021
Long queues, paid placeholders, offline systems and load-shedding leave social grant beneficiaries empty-handed
News | 15 October 2021
Our pensions and social protection system is broken and unfair
By James Stent
Analysis | 7 October 2021