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
The quality of life of poor South Africans over the past 30 years continues to be ignored
The agency says the problem has been resolved and pensioners can access their money as normal
The son allegedly declared zero income in 2021 despite raking in R29 million in state contracts
Salamina Khoza and Sarathamoney Sigamoney are accused of fronting for companies that received nearly R150m in ‘fraudulent’ police contracts
The threshold to qualify for the R350 social relief of distress grant will be raised to R624 from the current R350, but the grant itself remains at R350.
Of the 4 983 households affected by the floods only 1 197 have been assessed and the majority are still living in mass-relief shelters
The energy conundrum affects everyone, but the implications for people like Mavis, who are trying to survive the pitfalls of the second economy, rarely get public space
The ANC Women’s League president has said she is ready to continue leading the organisation
Not ‘trial ready’: 386 Special Investigating Unit referrals lead to just one case in court so far
Welfare agency allegedly bent procurement process to suit a contractor previously found guilty of collusion, and preferred bidder Corporate Cleaning wants damages paid
Lawyers have questioned why there was no objection period for the R181-million contract to guard four facilities.
The court heard how the state is unable to make travel and accommodation arrangements for its witnesses because it cannot contact them reliably
Sassa has suspended cash payments after the cash-in-transit industry halted cash delivery until further notice in response to rioting and looting
Shop owners and businesses are being forced to close as violence spreads
The social security agency has ‘lost’ R2-billion on unnecessary salaries and through wasteful expenditure
Totsie Memela-Khambula has been accused of promoting a senior manager who is implicated in a R1.3m corruption probe
Totsie Memela-Khambula has known about allegations of a nepotistic tender for months but taken no action
The Independent Police Investigative Directorate found no misconduct was committed by police who used a water cannon on a crowd outside the Sassa office in Bellville, Cape Town
The court has given Cash Paymaster Services 15 days to provide all documents that will allow the treasury to calculate the sum it needs to refund the social security agency
The Covid-19 relief grant helped millions of South Africans, but it ended in January. The M&G spoke to unemployed youth who found the money helpful
If President Cyril Ramaphosa’s crackdown on corruption is to succeed, new rules for lobbying and tenders need to be implemented
AG Kimi Makwetu’s ‘real-time’ audit of contracts and relief schemes indicate ‘a higher risk of fraud and abuse of funds’
The pandemic has triggered a global economic crisis that will leave many South Africans without income security
Towards the end of level four of the lockdown, Sassa offices reopened for applications for old age pensions and childcare and foster care grants, but not for disability grants