Social grants
SRD R350 grant: Thousands of payments delayed after PostBank's technical glitch
Africa Melane spoke to Lucas Ndala, the interim CEO at Postbank about the technical issues with the R350 grant payments.
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Budget constraints subject all Sassa grant applicants to means test
Breakfast show host Refilwe Moloto interviews Sassa executive Brendon van Vrede on the recent findings by Stats SA that 25% of the country's citizens depend on state grants.
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Sassa urges grant recipients to use other payment methods due to 'challenges'
The agency said that grant recipients would receive a PIN code for them to access their money at certain retail outlets, like supermarkets and ATMs.
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New study finds child support grant 'not enough' for CT single mother households
On Thursday, recommendations were handed over to government in a research report titled: 'Children, Social Assistance and Food Security'.
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Sin tax, social grants and fuel levy: Everything you need to know from 2022 Budget Speech
Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana delivered his maiden Budget Speech on 23 February 2022. Here’s what you need to know. #BUDGET2022
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INFOGRAPHIC: R44 billion allocated for social relief of distress grant
The Department of Social Development will receive the largest allocation of R58.6 billion over the medium term, with R44 billion of that allocated for a 12-month extension of the R350 social relief of distress grant.
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2022 Budget: Tough love for SOEs; social grant and sin tax hikes
The 2022 national Budget presented by the National Treasury indeed contains several nuggets of 'good news' as projected by economists in past weeks.
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Bathabile Dlamini perjury trial: First witness expected to testify
Former Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini is accused of lying to an inquiry looking into the chaos of 2017 when there was no contract in place to take over the distribution of social grants.
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Godongwana refuses to give in to pressure to increase govt expenditure
Sars collected an extra R120 billion thanks to running commodities prices, but Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana used his first budget address to again commit the government to more prudent spending.
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27.8 million South Africans are social grant recipients
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana tabled his maiden medium-term budget policy statement on 11 November 2021. Godongwana said the country’s total spending on the social wage is also very high, with this amount growing from R860 billion in 2018/19 to R1.1 trillion in 2021/22. #Treasury #MTBS #MTBS2021
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CYRIL RAMAPHOSA: Public ethics unit should help end corruption
After about 16,000 government employees received COVID relief grants, President Cyril Ramaphosa says the public ethics unit will help end corruption.
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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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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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Zulu: Staggered payment of social grants will begin on 6 July
The department is calling on recipients not to rush to ensure adherence to COVID-19 guidelines and to minimise the risk of spreading and contracting COVID-19.
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Black Sash calls on govt to fast-track implementation of basic income grant
Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu called for the implementation of the basic income grant in the National Assembly just over a week ago
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Sassa warns beneficiaries about fake news on COVID-19 grants
A WhatsApp message was making its rounds saying that more than 3 million South Africans would receive a R3,500 COVID-19 grant for six months.
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Concern as social grant applicants are not being assisted fast enough
MEC Sharna Fernandez said by 24 February, the social security agency managed to process 16,569 applications, which left a further 31,000 still in limbo.
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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.
