GROUNDUP Legitimate Social Relief of Distress grant applicants pay the price for fraudsters 4 min 1 By Marecia Damons
GROUNDUP MPs demand Postbank explain ‘persistent and unacceptable’ problems with social grant payments 4 min 4 By Marecia Damons
GROUNDUP Sassa recovers R150-million in ineligible grant payments, but fraudulent payments still being made 4 min 0 By Marecia Damons
GROUNDUP Call for independent review after Sassa underspends R4-billion on Social Relief of Distress grants 3 min 1 By Marecia Damons
GROUNDUP ‘Exclusionary rules’ for R370-a-month social grant to be challenged in court in October 4 min 2 By Marecia Damons
GROUNDUP Clients lose out as security guard strike hits Western Cape SA Social Security Agency offices 2 min 0 By Marecia Damons
GROUNDUP Grant beneficiaries are still battling to use Sassa’s new biometric system 3 min 1 By Marecia Damons
GROUNDUP Public Protector releases damning report on authorities’ handling of gender-based violence complaints 3 min 0 By Marecia Damons for GroundUp
PEOPLE OF THE YEAR 2023 SA Villain of the Year: Thabo Bester and Nandipha Magudumana 3 min 4 By Rebecca Davis
GROUNDUP Thabo Bester saga — Still no sign of officials’ accountability following prisoner’s escape 4 min 1 By Daniel Steyn and Marecia Damons
GROUNDUP More than 87,000 students could lose their 2024 funding due to NSFAS budget cuts 3 min 0 By Marecia Damons
GROUNDUP MPs blast Sassa, social development department over grant delays and financial irregularities 3 min 1 By Marecia Damons
GROUNDUP NSFAS 'an embarrassment' - Parliament sets two-week deadline to resolve critical issues 4 min 1 By Marecia Damons
GROUNDUP Cosatu leader tells government to listen to union demands or face consequences at the polls next year 4 min 1 By Marecia Damons, Chris Gilili and Tsoanelo Sefoloko
GROUNDUP Thabo Bester saga — Bloemfontein high court overturns ruling, grants three accused bail 3 min 0 By Marecia Damons
GROUNDUP Fashion front from Thabo Bester as State expects additional arrests in connection with prison escape 1 min 0 By Marecia Damons, Daniel Steyn and Becker Semela
GROUNDUP City of Cape Town claims any damage suffered by man dragged naked from his shack was his own doing 3 min 0 By Marecia Damons
GROUNDUP Western Cape child protection services sound alarm on government funding shortfalls 3 min 0 By Marecia Damons
GROUNDUP Thabo Bester saga — Nandipha Magudumana’s urgent court bid postponed as questions mount over merits of her case 3 min 0 By Marecia Damons and Daniel Steyn for GroundUp
