Austerity under fire as Godongwana pauses fuel levies and low-cost housing
Ahead of the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement by the finance minister, protesters called for a pro-poor budget.
Social grants
Universal basic income ‘the only meaningful way forward’
Economists and human rights activists agree that the country can afford a universal basic income grant.
Sassa withholds grants from thousands for not disclosing their income
Sassa’s verification process has had dire consequences for many grant beneficiaries.
Slow progress in migrating grant beneficiaries from Sassa gold to Postbank black cards
With three days before the cut-off date, 1.5-million grant beneficiaries still need to replace their Sassa cards.
Sassa card replacement process proves costly for grant beneficiaries
A new Sassa card means more long queues and frustration for grant beneficiaries.
Monumental judgement widens access to SRD grant
The court ruled in favour of millions of South Africans who are not receiving the SRD grant.
Court reserves judgement on opening access to the SRD grant
The exclusion of millions of South Africans from receiving the SRD grant is being tested in court.
Hunger and disease draws protesters to parliament on World Food Day
Led by the People’s Health Movement, activists took to the streets of Cape Town to highlight food insecurity in the country.
Don’t GNU forget about me
Khayelitsha residents attending the speak-out organised by Cry of the Xcluded decried the loss of every sense of security.
Food prices must be investigated and Fall!
Amandla.Mobi is calling for the Competition Commission to investigate the food price difference between farm gate and retail store.
Activists march for an alternative budget and a new vision
Cuts to government’s health and education budgets are unjustified and crippling the economy while increasing inequality, the protesters argued.
Children are starving to death in Eastern Cape – Human Rights Commission tells government to act
The SAHRC inquiry into child health in the Eastern Cape found that between April 2021 and March 2022, 116 children died of severe acute malnutrition.
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