Grants

210,000 social grant beneficiaries flagged for not disclosing income

SASSA has identified 210,000 grant beneficiaries who are may not be disclosing all their income. Archive photo: Marecia Damons... Read more

28 May

About 20,000 social grant beneficiaries will not receive their payments this week due to a new verification drive by... Read more

6 May

Cape Town — Despite the extension for beneficiaries to switch from the SASSA Gold Card to the Postbank Black... Read more

26 Feb

Cape Town — The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) and Postbank announced that all beneficiaries need to switch... Read more

7 Feb

By Joel Cedras and Veer Gosai GroundUp The South African Social Security Agency has reacted defensively to serious findings... Read more

20 Oct, 2024

People queue for social grants outside the SASSA office in Eerste River, Cape Town. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks By... Read more

13 Oct, 2024

Cape Town — Newly-elected Minister of Social Development, Sisisi Tolashe, has been urged to address the key challenges facing... Read more

3 Jul, 2024

The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) denies that there was anything exceptional about January’s payment run. But many... Read more

10 Jan, 2024

Seven million children in South Africa remain below the food poverty line. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks By Daniel Steyn... Read more

10 Oct, 2023

Cape Town – Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu is optimistic about the improvement of the social grants payment system... Read more

17 Sep, 2023