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Many recipients of the R370-a-month Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant say they are battling with SASSA’s online verification system. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Health & Social Welfare

Social grants go unpaid as beneficiaries struggle with Sassa’s system

Marecia Damons 12 Jun 2025

Key appointments to stabilise the Department of Social Development

ESG & Sustainability

Key appointments to stabilise the Department of Social Development

9 Jun 2025

Financial Services

Cabinet sent basic income grant plan back to the drawing board

Marecia Damons 9 Jun 2025

Image source: Yuri Minaev –

Health & Social Welfare

#Budget3.0: Social grant increases remain in place

22 May 2025

No relief for grant recipients, hikes loom and food prices remain unaffordable

Banking & Finance

No relief for grant recipients, hikes loom and food prices remain unaffordable

Naledi Sikhakhane 14 Apr 2025

The Department of Social Development is proposing changes to the Social Assistance Act, including removing questions about the income of applicants for the R370-a-month Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant. Archive photo: Mosima Rafapa/GroundUp

Health & Social Welfare

Department of Social Development proposes changes to SRD grant application

Marecia Damons 9 Apr 2025

Sassa presented its audit action plan to Parliament on Wednesday. Archive photo of people queueing for social grants in Eerste River in 2018. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Health & Social Welfare

Sassa explains why it paid grants to 75,000 dead people

Marecia Damons 24 Mar 2025

Budget 2.0 tax hangover for the public

Accounting & Auditing

Budget 2.0 tax hangover for the public

Issued by SAICA 17 Mar 2025

Budget Speech

Budget Speech clash: The elephant in the room

Katja Hamilton 19 Feb 2025

Regulations limiting the access to the R370-a-month Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant have been found to be unconstitutional and invalid by the High Court in Pretoria on Thursday. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Health & Social Welfare

Explosive court ruling on SRD grant

Marecia Damons 24 Jan 2025

The South African Social Security Agency is to suspend payment of Social Relief of Distress grants where fraud is suspected. Archive photo: Barbara Maregele / GroundUp

Health & Social Welfare

Sassa to suspend SRD grants where fraud is suspected

Marecia Damons 22 Jan 2025

Criminal Law

How the SRD grant system has been defrauded

Nathan Geffen 2 Jan 2025

Source: © 123rf The 20th edition of the Sunday Times GenNext Awards winners have been announced

Youth Marketing

Sunday Times GenNext Awards crowns the coolest of the cool crowd

20 Nov 2024

Postbank has started introducing a new Black Card for Sassa beneficiaries. The current Gold Cards were set to expire on 31 December, but Postbank has assured grant recipients that they will be able to access their money into the new year. Photo supplied by Sassa

Health & Social Welfare

Sassa Gold Cards will remain valid, says Postbank, as deadline looms

Marecia Damons 12 Nov 2024

State of the Retail Nation Q3: Consumer confidence starts to recover ahead of Black Friday

Marketing

State of the Retail Nation Q3: Consumer confidence starts to recover ahead of Black Friday

Issued by NielsenIQ 8 Nov 2024

Source: © 123rf there is cautious optimism on the country's economic trajectory on the eve of the MTBPS

Economy

#MTBPS predictions: A cautious optimism signals new phase of stability and growth

29 Oct 2024

More than 17 million people applied for the R370 grant in September

Health & Social Welfare

More than 17 million people applied for the R370 grant in September

Marecia Damons 3 Oct 2024

Socal grant applicants queue at the Eerste River Sassa office. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

Health & Social Welfare

Rules for R370-a-month social grant to be challenged in court in October

Marecia Damons 3 Sep 2024

Image source: Vitaliy Vodolazskyy –

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Gauteng municipalities to launch online indigent register

26 Aug 2024

Queues for social grants in Kuyasa, Cape Town. Beneficiaries of the Social Relief of Distress Grant are struggling with identity verification processes. Archive photo: Mary-Anne Gontsana / GroundUp

Health & Social Welfare

Beneficiaries are still battling with Sassa’s new biometric system

Marecia Damons 31 Jul 2024

GNU to add more tax-exempt food items

FMCG

GNU to add more tax-exempt food items

22 Jul 2024

Some SRD grant beneficiaries with green ID books have been struggling to access their R370-per-month grant due to a new identity verification process. Archive photo: Mosima Rafapa / GroundUp

Health & Social Welfare

Here’s why people with green ID books are struggling with Sassa’s new verification process

Marecia Damons 27 Jun 2024

10 FAQs about the SASSA SRD Grant for students

Higher Education

10 FAQs about the SASSA SRD Grant for students

Issued by FundiConnect 19 Mar 2024

Health & Social Welfare

R350 grant to increase in April

14 Mar 2024

Image source: Vitaliy Vodolazskyy –

Health & Social Welfare

#BudgetSpeech2024: Social grants to increase in 2024

21 Feb 2024

Health & Social Welfare

#Sona2024: Govt to extend and improve R350 social relief grant

9 Feb 2024

Source: Postbank/Facebook.

Financial Services

Smart IDs: From government grants to payment cards? The deal that's raising eyebrows

Katja Hamilton 7 Feb 2024

Social relief grant faces scrutiny amid spending cuts

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Social relief grant faces scrutiny amid spending cuts

Kopano Gumbi 27 Oct 2023

Dealers

Mercedes-Benz SA voted coolest car brand at Sunday Times GenNext Awards

21 Sep 2023

Nike walked away with the number one spot. Source: Supplied.

Branding

Nike claims title of SA's coolest brand among youth at Sunday Times GenNext Awards

21 Sep 2023

Source: Arena Events Last year's event. This year's annual Sunday Times GenNext survey top 10 finalists have been announced

Youth Marketing

Sunday Times GenNext survey Top 10 finalists announced

13 Sep 2023

The Institute for Economic Justice and #PayTheGrants campaign have launched an application in the Pretoria High Court against what they say are exclusionary regulations for the R350 grant. Archive photo: Masego Mafata / GroundUp

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Conditions for R350-a-month grant to be challenged in court

Daniel Steyn 28 Jul 2023

Source: Supplied. Chris Blair, chief executive officer of 21st Century.

Remuneration & Payroll

#Budget2023: Walking the tight rope of social grants

Chris Blair 24 Feb 2023

Raise income tax for the rich to fund a permanent R350 grant, say experts

Health & Social Welfare

Raise income tax for the rich to fund a permanent R350 grant, say experts

Marecia Damons 14 Dec 2022

Here's what South Africans searched for on Google in 2022

Services

Here's what South Africans searched for on Google in 2022

7 Dec 2022

Source: iStock.

Banking

Flat business confidence does not tell the whole story

23 Nov 2022

#MTBPS: Social Relief of Distress grant extended to March 2024

Health & Social Welfare

#MTBPS: Social Relief of Distress grant extended to March 2024

27 Oct 2022

Source: Pexels.

Banking

Business confidence at all-time low - RMB BCI

7 Sep 2022

Research

What interested South Africans most on Google in July?

5 Aug 2022

Source: Supplied

Retailers

Pepkor store expansion plan on track despite tough operating environment

31 May 2022

Image source: © Romolo Tavani –

Legal

National State of Disaster to end soon

30 Mar 2022

SA needs to work towards sustainable social protection measures - Presidency

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

SA needs to work towards sustainable social protection measures - Presidency

25 Jan 2022

Financial Services

Restraint advised around spending this festive season

30 Nov 2021

2022 MTEF to address social grant shortfalls

Health & Social Welfare

2022 MTEF to address social grant shortfalls

12 Nov 2021

Retail Services

Collection of R350 Covid-19 relief funds at Pick n Pay and Boxer stores

22 Sep 2021

Source: ©langstrup

Economy

First SRC payout from retailers

22 Sep 2021

Source ©Andriy Popov

Economy

Consumer sentiment up in Q3 2021

6 Sep 2021

Carmen Nel, economist and macro strategist, Matrix Fund Managers

Economy

The real impact of the unrest on SA's economy

Carmen Nel 27 Jul 2021