BUDGET 2025 Civil society slams pulled Budget, implores Treasury to ‘put poor first’ in revenue-raising plans 5 min 5 By Lerato Mutsila
GROUNDUP Universal grant would create jobs and boost economy, KZN experiment finds 4 min 11 By Shaun Smillie
MEDIUM-TERM BUDGET POLICY STATEMENT Social Relief of Distress grant (predictably) extended — with no funding mechanism 3 min 0 By Neesa Moodley
GROUNDUP SOCIAL ASSISTANCE DELAYS Sassa beneficiaries unable to access grants via Post Office — Black Sash 2 min 0 By Liezl Human for GroundUp
AMABHUNGANE How Postbank came to the brink of a social grant payment meltdown 9 min 2 By Dewald van Rensburg for amaBhungane Dewald van Rensburg for amaBhungane
Business Maverick Treasury unveils R38bn package to help financially battered households and businesses survive pandemic, orgy of violence 3 min 6 By Ray Mahlaka
CORONAVIRUS WEEKLY DIGEST #21 Parliament questions roll-out plan, matrics celebrate success and billions allocated to vaccines for years to come 3 min 0 By Christi Nortier
GROUNDUP SASSA office only serves 50 people a day. This is what it looked like at 1:30pm 3 min 10 By Thamsanqa Mbovane for GroundUp
GROUNDUP Covid-19 grant beneficiaries pay up to R150 for a place in Post Office queue 3 min 0 By Nompendulo Ngubane for GroundUp
GROUNDUP Social grants: the young men who make a living in a queue for others 4 min 0 By Kimberly Mutandiro for GroundUp
GroundUp After years of missing deadlines, the government wants 18 more months to solve foster grant crisis 3 min 1 By James Stent for GroundUp
COVID-19 Sassa regional offices, head office reopen but local offices only open on Monday 2 min 0 By News24
CORONAVIRUS DAILY DIGEST #37 Social grant recipients and Cape Town’s homeless left in the lurch as systems steam on without them 2 min 0 By Christi Nortier
CORONAVIRUS DAILY DIGEST #12 From nurses to farm workers, those locked down speak up for their rights 5 min 0 By Unknown Author
