COST-OF-LIVING CRISIS Joburg mother and daughter eat cooked mulberry leaves to stave off starvation 4 min 0 By Bheki C. Simelane
PAYMENT FRUSTRATION SRD grant beneficiaries still not receiving funding despite qualifying to do so 5 min 0 By Naledi Sikhakhane
UNIVERSAL GRANT OP-ED Are social grant numbers increasing (and is that a bad thing)? 9 min 3 By Kelle Howson
SPOTLIGHT OP-ED Communities in crisis: The healthcare fallout from hospital closures in North West province 6 min 0 By Nthusang Lefafa for Spotlight
THE BUDGET THAT WASN'T Government planned to extend SRD grant until 2026 in lifeline for vulnerable communities 2 min 5 By Lisakanya Venna
SEARCH FOR SOLUTIONS Sona 'must deliver concrete measures for poverty, health, and education'- civil society 4 min 0 By Naledi Sikhakhane
NEC LEKGOTLA Water security, the economy and fragile GNU under spotlight at ANC indaba 5 min 2 By Nonkululeko Njilo
LANDMARK RULING High court declares SRD grant regulations unconstitutional, demands urgent reforms for millions in need 3 min 3 By Naledi Sikhakhane
GROUNDUP OP-ED How scammers exploited South Africa's Social Relief of Distress grant system 7 min 5 By Nathan Geffen
SOCIAL SECURITY FRAUD Confirmed — Stellenbosch students’ fraud frailty warning on Sassa grant system 4 min 16 By Nicola Amon
BUSINESS REFLECTION After the Bell: The Presidential Economic Advisory Council is a good idea, but inadequate 4 min 3 By Tim Cohen
South Africa IEJ Legal action targets flaws in Social Relief of Distress grant distribution 6 min 3 By Naledi Sikhakhane
PHOTO ESSAY A lifeline denied: South Africa’s social grant system fails the most vulnerable 7 min 5 By Thom Pierce
GROUNDUP Legitimate Social Relief of Distress grant applicants pay the price for fraudsters 4 min 1 By Marecia Damons
GROUNDUP Reboot needed after students discover massive fraud in Sassa’s Social Relief of Distress grant system 4 min 17 By Joel Cedras and Veer Gosai
GROUNDUP Sassa recovers R150-million in ineligible grant payments, but fraudulent payments still being made 4 min 0 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
FOOD BASKET CHECK Food inflation dips, but many in SA still can’t afford to feed their families 4 min 1 By Naledi Sikhakhane
GROUNDUP Grant beneficiaries are still battling to use Sassa’s new biometric system 3 min 1 By Marecia Damons
