Sassa
R350 grant recipients call for govt to make it permanent: ‘It’s a lifeline’
The debate follows a range of longstanding discussions on income support for working-age people who are jobless and without any means of support.
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4 EC Sassa officials arrested for fraud amounting to more than R5m
The data capturers were taken into custody by Hawks officers at various locations on Thursday.
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Bathabile Dlamini's perjury trial set for 24 November
The Black Sash Trust claims the former minister failed in her duties to ensure that Sassa was equipped to take over the paying of social grants when an invalid contract with Cash Paymaster Services came to an end.
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Sassa has paid R350 grant to 5.6 million applicants since August 2021
Close to 14 million COVID-19 grant applications were received and 8.3 million applicants were approved by September 2021.
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Bathabile Dlamini perjury case postponed to October
The director of public prosecutions in Gauteng decided that Dlamini should be prosecuted for giving false evidence during an inquiry into her role in the social grants’ crisis.
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Bathabile Dlamini due in court for perjury
Last month, the director of public prosecutions in Gauteng decided that Dlamini should be prosecuted for giving false evidence during an inquiry into her role in the social grants’ crisis.
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Sassa: Nearly 11.5m beneficiaries accepted for R350 grant
Sassa spokesperson Paseka Letsatsi said that they were still busy with the verification process of some applicants.
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Sassa records more than 11 million applications for the R350 COVID grant
Sassa spokesperson Paseka Letsatsi on Monday said 57% were female applicants.
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Kimberley woman stabbed to death allegedly in quarrel over R350 grant
It’s understood that the suspect believed that the deceased was using the money for her own benefit after she helped him apply for the social relief of distress grant.
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Perjury accused Bathabile Dlamini hospitalised with COVID-19
In his report, Judge Bernard Ngoepe criticised Dlamini's conduct at the inquiry describing her as being evasive after she failed to answer simple questions. The Constitutional Court later handed down judgement finding the former minister was reckless and grossly negligent .
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Legal groups: Decision to prosecute Dlamini should send message to all officials
The organisations have welcomed the decision by the Gauteng director of public prosecutions to prosecute former minister Bathabile Dlamini for perjury.
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Former minister Bathabile Dlamini facing prosecution for perjury
The charges relate to her testimony during an inquiry into her role in the social grants crisis.
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Sassa receives over 3.5m applications for R350 COVID grant in less than a week
Since applications opened on Friday last week, more platforms were added due to the high number of people applying on the website.
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Sassa: COVID relief grant applications open until end of August
The agency said on Wednesday that it was battling with heavy traffic on its website as thousands of people had been applying for the R350 grant.
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Sassa to launch 5th platform as thousands apply for COVID grant
On Wednesday night the agency said it had over 5,000 people per minute on their website. As a result, the system slowed down.
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Sassa: About 2,000 people applied for R350 grant per minute on first day
The agency on Friday said the process got off to a slow start due to excessive traffic on the Sassa website in the morning.
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Sassa extends channels for R350 grant application as glitches hit WhatsApp, site
Sassa said its WhatsApp was experiencing difficulties, while its website was struggling with major traffic.
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Sassa appeals to COVID relief applicants to ensure details correct
The special COVID-19 social relief of distress grant applications open on Friday.
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Sassa urges R350 grant applicants to provide correct banking details
This grant is for a period of eight months - from August 2021 until March next year.
