Social grants
A dud Budget Speech: Black Sash not pleased with low increase on social grants
The organisation has criticised the low increase in social grants.
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Mboweni walks the talk on pledge to halt bailouts to troubled SOEs
While South African Airways (SAA) will this year get R4.3 billion and Eskom more than R31 billion, this was money that was allocated in previous budgets and cannot be classified as new bailouts.
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Inside the social grant increases in Budget Speech 2021
The Finance Minister announced minor increases to social grants when he delivered his Budget Speech.
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Mboweni announces R30 boost for old age, childcare grants
Tito Mboweni delivered his Budget speech in Parliament on Wednesday.
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Concerns over SA's fiscal cliff raised ahead of Mboweni's Budget speech
The fiscal cliff study group first warned of the danger several years ago. It defines the fiscal cliff as the point that is reached when public servants’ wages, social grant payments and debt-service costs soak up all government revenue.
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Minister Zulu in talks to reintroduce R350 social relief of distress grant
The social relief of distress grant was implemented last year for unemployed citizens who were not receiving any other forms of social relief. It expired on Sunday.
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Saftu urges govt to continue disbursing R350 COVID-19 grant
Saftu's Zwelinzima Vavi said the R350 grant cushioned the blow for many people who were destitute.
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Sapo: Social grant recipients not affected by cash crunch
The struggling state-owned entity said it experienced a dramatic reduction in revenue during the lockdown period and is currently looking at ways to improve cash flows.
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ANALYSIS: COVID-19 highlights SA’s need for local level social data
The social impacts of the coronavirus will leave a legacy long after the virus itself.
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Sassa looking at faster ways of distributing social grants
Government’s new unemployment grant of R350 has prompted officials to look more vigorously at payment options like vouchers and other electronic methods.
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More social workers and other COVID-19 interventions from Social Dev Dept
Minister of Social Development Lindiwe Zulu announced on 11 May 2020 that more qualified social workers would be employed to assist in the fight against Covid-19. Zulu also explained the directives for people living with disabilities as well as amended regulations for the movement of children between parents and guardians.
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Loan sharks dive in as the elderly struggle to keep heads above water
Government - through interventions such as UIF benefits and small increases in welfare grants - has tried to cushion the blow for many people faced with financial burdens.
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More social grant beneficiaries to receive payouts today
For the past two days, the elderly and the disabled have been able to collect their grants first.
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Zulu apologises for Sassa glitches that left some grant recipients empty-handed
Things got off to a shaky start on Monday in some parts of the country with hundreds of pensioners returning home empty-handed following a shortage of funds and payment glitches at several pay points.
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Social grants recipients: 'No one cares about us'
Senior citizens queuing for their monthly social grants at a South African Post Office in Vosloorus have called for government intervention to cut down the waiting time for payments on collection day. Some of the elderly waited for more than five hours to collect their grants.
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ANALYSIS: Why SA needs to ensure income security beyond the pandemic
Economic distress was the norm for many before the coronavirus outbreak. The pandemic is an opportunity to provide an economically secure future for all.
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Home Affairs Dept expecting increase in demand for birth certificates
The Home Affairs Department said that it expected a high demand for birth certificates as cash-strapped families look to take advantage of government’s social relief.
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'There’s no food or income’: CT communities facing hunger plea for help
Organisations across Cape Town are working hard delivering food parcels to people struggling to survive during the lockdown but there's only so much they could do.
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ANALYSIS: Gaps in SA’s relief scheme leave some workers with no income
Some civil society organisations have highlighted how the COVID-19 relief scheme excludes the 3 million workers who are employed in the informal economy.
