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The panel found that, for the time being, further support should be confined to extending the social distress relief that was rolled out for the Covid-19 pandemic.
BUSISIWE MEMELA

What happened to the Covid-19 special grant?

The newly established grant intended to bring informal economy workers into South Africa’s social security net during the lockdown has had a disastrous start

  • Dennis Webster
4 min read
Helping hands: A pensioner is given assistance to collect her South African Social Security Agency grant payment at a government paypoint. (Roger Sedres)
BUSISIWE MEMELA

Sassa system ignores digital divide

Sassa is keen to try out online registration to process applications for the Covid-19 relief grant, but NGOs are wary because not all intended beneficiaries are able to access data

  • Sabelo Skiti
5 min read