Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has confirmed increases to social grants, including old-age, disability and child support, supporting 26.5 million South Africans amid high unemployment.
Transport Minister Barbara Creecy says South Africa’s tolerance for “just one drink” has become a licence for mass death
The technology’s unalterable digital trail would reduce fiscal leaks and prevent large-scale corruption draining the public purse
Emigration, poverty and unemployment are contributing to the neglect, abandonment and economic abuse of senior citizens
The Expropriation Bill was signed into law; the families of victims of apartheid-era human rights violations want to know why the TRC recommendations haven’t been implemented, and the court has ordered that shortfalls in social grants be addressed
The grant budget is to be cut by R20 billion but it is unclear how the numbers will add up
The provincial police commissioner is the latest to be implicated in the fraudster’s contentious new hotel
Sassa spokesperson denies there is a problem, but officials speaking anonymously say otherwise
Black Sash predicts a ‘devastating’ effect on grant recipients in rural areas
Pleas for food assistance to aid groups from the malnourished are intensifying in cities and rural areas
