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Social Relief of Distress Grants

Call for independent review after Sassa underspends R4-billion on Social Relief of Distress grants

South Africa

Call for independent review after Sassa underspends R4-billion on Social Relief of Distress grants

By Marecia Damons

Time to bust the ghosts in the Social Relief of Distress grant machine

South Africa

Time to bust the ghosts in the Social Relief of Distress grant machine

By Israel Nkuna

Covid death rate in rural Eastern Cape far and away highest in South Africa

South Africa

Covid death rate in rural Eastern Cape far and away highest in South Africa

By Leslie Bank

A BIG Need: Covid-19 has rammed home the necessity of social protection and a universal basic income grant

South Africa

A BIG Need: Covid-19 has rammed home the necessity of social protection and a universal basic income grant

By Gary Pienaar, Tim Hart, Mokhantšo Makoae, Yul Derek Davids and Benjamin Roberts

The new Covid-19 Social Relief of Distress grant: Understanding who it reached

South Africa

The new Covid-19 Social Relief of Distress grant: Understanding who it reached

By Haroon Bhorat and Timothy Köhler

WhatsApp with the new grants? GovChat flooded by millions of messages

South Africa

WhatsApp with the new grants? GovChat flooded by millions of messages

By Fiona Anciano, SJ Cooper-Knock, Mmeli Dube, Mfundo Majola, Boitumelo M Papane