Maverick News Legitimate Social Relief of Distress grant applicants pay the price for fraudsters 3 min 1 By Marecia Damons
Maverick News Sassa faces scrutiny in high court over grant verification delays 4 min 1 By Marecia Damons
Maverick News MPs demand Postbank explain ‘persistent and unacceptable’ problems with social grant payments 4 min 4 By Marecia Damons
Maverick News Sassa recovers R150-million in ineligible grant payments, but fraudulent payments still being made 4 min 0 By Marecia Damons
Maverick News Call for independent review after Sassa underspends R4-billion on Social Relief of Distress grants 3 min 1 By Marecia Damons
Maverick News ‘Exclusionary rules’ for R370-a-month social grant to be challenged in court in October 4 min 2 By Marecia Damons
Maverick Citizen Clients lose out as security guard strike hits Western Cape SA Social Security Agency offices 2 min 0 By Marecia Damons
South Africa Grant beneficiaries are still battling to use Sassa’s new biometric system 3 min 1 By Marecia Damons
Maverick News Public Protector releases damning report on authorities’ handling of gender-based violence complaints 3 min 0 By Marecia Damons for GroundUp
Maverick News Thabo Bester saga — Still no sign of officials’ accountability following prisoner’s escape 4 min 1 By Daniel Steyn and Marecia Damons
Maverick News More than 87,000 students could lose their 2024 funding due to NSFAS budget cuts 3 min 0 By Marecia Damons
Maverick News MPs blast Sassa, social development department over grant delays and financial irregularities 3 min 1 By Marecia Damons
Maverick News NSFAS 'an embarrassment' - Parliament sets two-week deadline to resolve critical issues 4 min 1 By Marecia Damons
Maverick News Late judgments – ‘lack of support’ flagged amid delayed justice 4 min 1 By Marecia Damons
Maverick News Cosatu leader tells government to listen to union demands or face consequences at the polls next year 4 min 1 By Marecia Damons, Chris Gilili and Tsoanelo Sefoloko
Maverick News Thabo Bester saga — Bloemfontein high court overturns ruling, grants three accused bail 3 min 0 By Marecia Damons
Maverick News Fashion front from Thabo Bester as State expects additional arrests in connection with prison escape 2 min 0 By Marecia Damons, Daniel Steyn and Becker Semela
Maverick News City of Cape Town claims any damage suffered by man dragged naked from his shack was his own doing 3 min 0 By Marecia Damons
Maverick News Western Cape child protection services sound alarm on government funding shortfalls 3 min 0 By Marecia Damons
Maverick News Thabo Bester saga — Nandipha Magudumana’s urgent court bid postponed as questions mount over merits of her case 2 min 0 By Marecia Damons and Daniel Steyn for GroundUp
