“This virus has totally changed the way that we work”
By James Stent
18 January 2021
There are over 30,000 child headed households in South Africa
18 January 2021
This comes after police opened a water cannon on people queueing for grants in Bellville
By Mary-Anne Gontsana and Ashraf Hendricks
15 January 2021
Sometimes knives are drawn as “agents” fight for their place in the Covid-19 grant queue
15 January 2021
National Department of Human Settlements Rapid Response Team to visit Overcome on Friday to find a solution
15 January 2021
People’s Vaccine Campaign demands participation in government plan
By Liezl Human
15 January 2021
People battling with online applications have flocked to local centres, causing overcrowding
14 January 2021
SASSA has proposed a ten-point plan to deal with backlogs
By Mary-Anne Gontsana and GroundUp Staff
14 January 2021
Eastern Cape beneficiaries travel 100km to try to beat the queues
14 January 2021
But minister Motsoaledi this week temporarily suspended certain services, including applications for new IDs, passports and all marriage services
14 January 2021
SASSA says her old age grant will be paid in February
13 January 2021
53,000 disability grants have lapsed in the Western Cape
13 January 2021
A 20-year-old and a teenager say they were punched and kicked outside their mothers’ houses
12 January 2021
Cancer patient turned away after sleeping outside SASSA office to renew grant
12 January 2021
Commissioner Thabang Mampane told MPs last year that the minstrel museum officially opened in 2016. It’s still not open
11 January 2021
Community wants New Year’s Day fire to be declared a local disaster
By Vincent Lali
11 January 2021