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Social Development Dept reports significant drop in Sassa grant beneficiaries

LOCAL The number of beneficiaries of the social relief of distress grant has dropped. Nearly 7.5 million people are now receiving the grant which was introduced during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Social Development Minister and the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) updated the media on the relief and top-up grants for orphans. About 10 million unemployed South Africans benefited from the R350 COVID-19 grant. Following the […]

11 October 2022

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Sassa to build permanent offices in Khayelitsha, CPT

The Department of Social Development says Khayelitsha residents will soon enjoy better services. Minister Lindiwe Zulu visited the township on Tuesday, in response to community complaints over poor social services. Zulu says Sassa is looking forward to having permanent offices at a new building in Kuyasa, scheduled for opening in the next few weeks. The Khayelitsha Development Forum encouraged the minister to do regular visits to ensure the community’s needs […]

1 September 2022

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Government in conflict over existence of decuplets

Gauteng government spokesperson Thabo Masebe says they are aware of Ekurhuleni Mayor Mzwandile Masina’s announcement that the Metro has traced the family claiming the birth of ten babies. This follows reports claiming that Gosiame Sithole broke the Guinness World Record at a Pretoria hospital on Monday night when she gave birth to the decuplets. However, Masebe says they’ve conducted a thorough search of public and private healthcare facilities and no […]

10 June 2021

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Some grants extended until 31 December, payment dates released

Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu has extended some grant payments until the end of the year after a government gazette was published on Wednesday. The new directives issued by Zulu mean that beneficiaries who either claim the temporary disability or temporary care dependency grants will be able to receive cash after the minister extend the payments to December. On page 4 of the gazette it reads: “Temporary disability grants which […]

9 October 2020

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Government publishes new lockdown directives

A number of new directives have been published to update South Africa’s lockdown rules. These include the re-opening of old age homes as well as pre-schools. The country is waiting in anticipation to hear whether President Cyril Ramaphosa will announce the move down to lockdown level 1 later this week, and many are viewing the latest directives as positive confirmation of this. The new directives are as follows: Travel Minister […]

15 September 2020

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Basic income grant needs to be about more than just food, say researchers

Government's announcement that it is considering the introduction of a basic income grant has sparked debate, with some wondering how it would be implemented in order to address the country's poverty levels. Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu announced last week that the grant would assist South Africans between the ages of 18 and 59. She said the discussion for the introduction of the grant had been brought back, adding that […]

22 July 2020

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Minister Zulu rejects claims that social development department is trying to prevent distribution of Covid-19 food relief aid by civil society organisations

Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu has dismissed "the false allegations in the media" that the department intends to prohibit the distribution of food parcels and cooked food to households and communities most in need of humanitarian relief during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. "The Non-Profit Organisations [NPO] Act, which the department of social development is a custodian of, states that we ensure access to food security for the poor - especially […]

16 May 2020

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No South African should be left hungry during the COVID-19 pandemic: Zulu

Minister of Social Development Lindiwe Zulu says no South African must be left hungry during the COVID-19 pandemic. Zulu held a briefing on the department’s COVID-19 programmes. Following complaints that food parcels don’t reach some communities, the minister appealed for a stronger effort to cater to the poor. More than R43 million from both the department and the Solidarity Fund have been made available for food relief. Zulu says, “In […]

30 April 2020

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