GROUNDUP 19 February 2025 Sassa card switch chaos — Postbank has a plan, and it involves Spar tellers By Marecia Damons 3 min 1
GROUNDUP 28 October 2024 Legitimate Social Relief of Distress grant applicants pay the price for fraudsters By Marecia Damons 4 min 1
GROUNDUP 22 October 2024 Sassa faces scrutiny in high court over grant verification delays By Marecia Damons 4 min 1
GROUNDUP 15 October 2024 MPs demand Postbank explain ‘persistent and unacceptable’ problems with social grant payments By Marecia Damons 4 min 4
GROUNDUP 11 October 2024 Sassa recovers R150-million in ineligible grant payments, but fraudulent payments still being made By Marecia Damons 4 min 0
GROUNDUP 2 October 2024 More than 17m people in SA applied for the R370 SRD grant in September By Marecia Damons 2 min 2
GROUNDUP 12 September 2024 Call for independent review after Sassa underspends R4-billion on Social Relief of Distress grants By Marecia Damons 3 min 1
GROUNDUP 2 September 2024 ‘Exclusionary rules’ for R370-a-month social grant to be challenged in court in October By Marecia Damons 4 min 2
GROUNDUP 14 August 2024 Clients lose out as security guard strike hits Western Cape SA Social Security Agency offices By Marecia Damons 2 min 0
GROUNDUP 30 July 2024 Grant beneficiaries are still battling to use Sassa’s new biometric system By Marecia Damons 3 min 1
GROUNDUP 13 June 2024 Health department reports second SA mpox death — here’s what you need to know By Marecia Damons 4 min 1
GROUNDUP 1 March 2024 Cyril Ramaphosa suspends ex-transport minister Dipuo Peters over Prasa allegations By Marecia Damons 2 min 8
