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NEWS RELATED TO social-grants

Human rights group calls for temporary disability grants extension until backlog fixed

News

Sassa releases grants payment schedule for the rest of the year

Courts

Sassa clerk, boyfriend sentenced for defrauding agency of R1.2m

Nearly 50% of R350 grant applications were duplicates – Sassa

75,000 applications for R350 social grant have been processed – Sassa

News

Sassa regional offices, head office reopen but local offices only open on Monday

Unpaid grant recipients should expect their funds by Wednesday – Sassa

Sassa resolves grant payment glitch as post office unveils first cashless grant ATM

Post Office announces grant payment dates for May

Prioritising humanitarian crisis essential to keeping food on the table

News

Government to visit families of two social grant beneficiaries who died on Monday

Pensioners queue for hours to receive grants in the middle of a pandemic

Sassa warns beneficiaries to avoid withdrawing money on payday amid coronavirus fears

News

Millions of ‘lost youth’ are costing SA dearly

Social grants under threat with the department nearly broke

Social grants not a solution to addressing SA’s deep-rooted challenges

News

Social grants remain a vital safety net – Stats SA

Crime

Thirty women arrested for social grants fraud

Those who abuse social grants must be stopped

Soweto shack burnt to the ground after grant money dispute

Sassa boss considers disbanding internal fraud unit

Maimane gives Ramaphosa one week to fire ‘two liars’

To boost the economy, double social grants payments over six months – report

Sassa must explain more than R1bn in irregular expenditure