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The number of SRD applications has been growing steadily since its introduction in 2020. The 17 million applications mark was passed three months ago, but the real story is that the number of grants approved has not grown in a long time.
GDP

SA’s poor urgently need a decent universal basic income grant

The decision to provide a grant of R1 634, the upper bound poverty line, rests in the hands of the elite

  • Isobel Frye
8 min read
Large households were spending an average of R1 000 to R1 500 a month on food, the report said.
PENSIONERS

Sassa ‘technical glitch’ leaves pensioners cashless

The agency says the problem has been resolved and pensioners can access their money as normal

  • Lyse Comins
3 min read
South Africa may have attained political emancipation but economically the chains largely remain. (File photo)
CHILD GRANTS

Get cash out to the poorest now

People know what they need to buy, the payments can piggyback on the Sassa system and the money will help prevent people from falling further into long-term poverty

  • Kate Orkin
5 min read