The investigation into fraud in Sassa’s SRD grant application system has failed to answer critical questions. A month ago Stellenbosch University students Veer Gosai and Joel Cedras explained to ...

The Department of Social Development (DSD) and the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) have issued a warning to applicants of the Covid-19 Social Relief of Distress (cSRD) grant about ...

South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) beneficiaries whose Social Relief of Distress (SRD) applications have been approved can expect to receive their R370 payments during the final week of July ...

The SRD grant was introduced during the Covid pandemic to assist people in dire need. About nine-million of these R370 grants are paid out monthly now. It is potentially the basis for a universal ...

First-year students Joel Cedras and Veer Gosai used legal methods to access SASSA's grant system. What they discovered was shocking. Lester Kiewit speaks to Stellenbosch University computer science ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s failure to outline a concrete plan to address the various issues surrounding the Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant during his State of the Nation Address (Sona) has ...

The grant is available to people who get less than R625 per month, with the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) conducting monthly checks on applicants’ bank accounts to ensure they continue ...

Civil society organisations including the Black Sash, #PayTheGrants, the Social Policy Initiative and the Institute for Economic Justice are calling for urgent clarification from the Department of ...

SASSA investigation into SRD grant application system fails to answer crucial questions, writes Nathan Geffen. The investigation into fraud in SASSA's SRD grant application system has failed to answer ...

The Department of Social Development proposes removing questions about income from the Social Relief of Distress grant applications. Advocacy groups #PayTheGrants and the Institute for Economic ...