GROUNDUP 14 April 2026 Former ANC MP Dipuo Peters settles R193,000 debt as sheriff moves to seize assets Marecia Damons 2 min 4
GROUNDUP 8 March 2026 Social grant ‘savings’ could exacerbate hunger and poverty in SA Marecia Damons 2 min 0
ELIGIBILITY CHECKS 5 February 2026 Sassa suspends 70,000 payments and steps up grant reviews under stricter Treasury rules Marecia Damons 3 min 3
GROUNDUP 19 February 2025 Sassa card switch chaos — Postbank has a plan, and it involves Spar tellers Marecia Damons 3 min 1
GROUNDUP 28 October 2024 Legitimate Social Relief of Distress grant applicants pay the price for fraudsters Marecia Damons 4 min 1
GROUNDUP 22 October 2024 Sassa faces scrutiny in high court over grant verification delays Marecia Damons 4 min 1
GROUNDUP 15 October 2024 MPs demand Postbank explain ‘persistent and unacceptable’ problems with social grant payments Marecia Damons 4 min 4
GROUNDUP 11 October 2024 Sassa recovers R150-million in ineligible grant payments, but fraudulent payments still being made Marecia Damons 4 min 0
GROUNDUP 2 October 2024 More than 17m people in SA applied for the R370 SRD grant in September Marecia Damons 2 min 2
GROUNDUP 12 September 2024 Call for independent review after Sassa underspends R4-billion on Social Relief of Distress grants Marecia Damons 3 min 1
GROUNDUP 2 September 2024 ‘Exclusionary rules’ for R370-a-month social grant to be challenged in court in October Marecia Damons 4 min 2
GROUNDUP 14 August 2024 Clients lose out as security guard strike hits Western Cape SA Social Security Agency offices Marecia Damons 2 min 0
