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Reapplying for Social Relief of Distress grant leaves desperate citizens confused and suspicious

Tshabalira Lebakeng
22 hours ago

Persons living with mental illness face major challenges accessing disability grant

Barbara October
20 May

Hands off our Grants — Black Sash’s long battle for justice against Sassa and Cash Paymaster Services

Lynette Maart, Angie Richardson and Rachel Bukasa
19 May

Poor Durban communities reach out to assist homeless flood victims left with nothing

Naledi Sikhakhane
16 May

How Postbank came to the brink of a social grant payment meltdown

Dewald van Rensburg for amaBhungane
21 Apr

What’s at stake in the GovChat vs Meta personal information ‘data war’?

Abby May and Michael Marchant for Open Secrets
12 Apr

Chaotic Home Affairs system leaving immigrants living legally in SA undocumented

Tariro Washinyira
04 Apr

The great Sassa swindle – Postbank theft of R89.4m via social grant system kept under wraps

Dewald van Rensburg for amaBhungane
30 Mar

Bathabile Dlamini’s conviction inspires fresh hope for justice and sends a stern message to all public officials

Thuli Zulu
18 Mar

Government needs to walk the talk on income support — and that means the whole of government  

Neil Coleman
22 Feb

Fact-checked: Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address

Africa Check
21 Feb

Cash Paymaster Services: Concourt hammers unlawful social grants company

Tania Broughton
14 Feb

‘Know Your Numbers’ project spearheading hypertension screening for pensioners in Sassa queues 

Barbara October
10 Feb

Former social development minister Bathabile Dlamini in court for perjury trial

Shaun Smillie
24 Nov

Qunu: Mandela’s childhood home becoming a hotbed of crime, mismanagement and impoverishment

Mkhuseli Sizani for GroundUp
19 Nov

Cash Paymaster Services yet to reveal profits made from illicit social grant payment contract

Tania Broughton
18 Nov

Credit regulator mum on application withdrawal against controversial Net1 money lender

Masego Mafata
08 Nov

The government’s ‘Batho Pele’ principles: All words, no action 

Tshabalira Lebakeng
01 Nov

Out-of-work protesters claim outdated labour department records blocking UIF payouts 

Kimberly Mutandiro for GroundUp
28 Oct

Bureaucratic pitfalls barring mothers and caregivers from accessing Social Relief of Distress grant

Masego Mafata
26 Oct

Can pension funds be protected from state capture and looting?

James Stent for GroundUp
11 Oct