Black Sash Media Statements

List of articles in category Failing KwaZulu-Natal School Nutrition Programme 
Title Created Date
Media Statement: Black Sash Appeals to Minister to Prioritize Basic Income Support with Memorandum and Petition Handover 29 May 2023
Failing KwaZulu-Natal School Nutrition Programme  26 April 2023
Amendments to SRD Regulations do not respond to the plight of people living in poverty.  04 April 2023
2023 Budget Speech Media Statement 23 February 2023
SONA 2023 Media Statement 10 February 2023
SASSA's new contract with Postbank sets back social grant payments 17 November 2022
Black Sash withdraws litigation challenging SRD regulations, citing a win, following the amended regulations announced in August by DSD 22 September 2022
DSD’S PROPOSED AMENDMENTS A START TO MORE GETTING THE SRD GRANT, BUT MUCH MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE. 03 August 2022
BLACK SASH CALLS FOR SASSA TO ADDRESS THE IMPACT OF THE SUDDEN CLOSURE OF THE KHAYELITSHA OFFICE AS DESPERATE BENEFICIARIES ARE LEFT WITHOUT SERVICE 28 July 2022
JOINT PRESS STATEMENT: Civil society takes the government to court for unfair and exclusionary social relief of distress grant regulations 23 June 2022
South African Post Office (SAPO) is failing in its role as South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) partner 09 June 2022
Joint Media Statement: National Scandal Unfolds As It Is Revealed That Government Has Failed To Pay A Single SRD Grant In April And May 2022 08 June 2022
SASSA and SAPO Fail to Directly Pay Grant Beneficiaries 12 May 2022
New SRD regulations may disqualify hundreds of thousands of existing beneficiaries 26 April 2022
Former Minister Bathabile Dlamini must pay for perjury 01 April 2022
FORMER MINISTER BATHABILE DLAMINI FOUND GUILTY OF PERJURY 10 March 2022
#SONA2022: Extended R350 SRD must now be increased, improved and expanded! 11 February 2022
Joint Media Statement: Civil Society Meets President On Extension of R350 SRD Grant and Pathways to BIG 24 January 2022
Joint statement on meeting between President Ramaphosa and civil society organisations on social protection 21 January 2022
Civil society coalition rejects National Treasury scheme to terminate income support for adults 28 October 2021
Joint Media Statement: Former Minister Bathabile Dlamini to be prosecuted for perjury 24 August 2021
Reinstated SRD grant in need of more effective implementation 26 July 2021
Reinstate the Covid-19 SRD Grant, NOW! 29 June 2021
No justification for terminating Covid-19 SRD and Caregiver Grants! 24 May 2021
Late Covid-19 SRD payments fuels humanitarian crisis 10 May 2021
Black Sash and #PayTheGrants Joint Press Conference 27 April 2021
OPEN LETTER: Government must extend the Covid-19 SRD grant! 22 April 2021
Government must extend the Covid-19 SRD Grant! 21 April 2021
Letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa, Minister Tito Mboweni and Minister Lindiwe Zulu 24 March 2021
No time left for another BIG delay! 24 March 2021
Open Letter to Finance Minister: Budget places the poor on the altar of fiscal consolidation 01 March 2021
Former minister Bathabile Dlamini Defies Constitutional Court 23 February 2021
#PayTheGrants Joint Statement 12 February 2021
Three month extension of Covid-19 grant highly inadequate! 12 February 2021
Joint Statement: Civil society welcomes signing of Social Assistance Amendment Act that will play a role in fighting poverty and hunger 26 January 2021
Joint Statement: Extend the Grants! 25 January 2021
Black Sash Condemns the use of Water Cannons to Manage SASSA Crowds 19 January 2021
SASSA Must Extend Lapsed Temporary Disability Grants to March 2021 13 January 2021
Urgent Call for DSD and SASSA to Heed AG's Recommendations 14 December 2020
Ending the Caregiver Grant Leaves Millions Vulnerable 30 October 2020
Caregiver Grant Must Continue Argue CALS and Black Sash 29 October 2020
MTBPS Must Reflect the Constitutional Obligation to Provide Social Assistance! 27 October 2020
Make Permanent and Increase the Covid-19 SRD and Caregiver Grants 16 October 2020
President’s Inadequate Grant Announcement is Deeply Anti-Women and Anti-Poor - C19 People's Coalition 16 October 2020
Joint Statement: Extend and Increase Special Grants to Prevent a Humanitarian Crisis 12 October 2020
Basic Income Support for those aged #18-59 years NOW! 26 August 2020
We need basic income support now! 04 August 2020
Social Relief of Distress measures for children and ‘caregivers’ 24 April 2020
Covid-19 social relief measures, a step in the right direction 22 April 2020
Why South Africa needs basic income support now 21 April 2020
Call on President Ramaphosa to Increase Child Grant 03 April 2020
A Programme of Action in the time of COVID-19: A call for social solidarity in South Africa 25 March 2020
SASSA’s COVID-19 containment strategy thin on detail, low on protection 19 March 2020
Black Sash Media Release: Tuesday, 3 March 2020 03 March 2020
Black Sash Responds to Finance Minister's Budget Speech 27 February 2020
SASSA’s Decommissioning Process Has Devastating Consequences on Social Grant Beneficiaries. 07 October 2019
Black Sash applauds Corruption Watch’s court victory against CPS. 03 October 2019
Landmark Class Action Case Has Roots In The Work Of Paralegal 03 September 2019
Black Sash response to resignation of Bathabile Dlamini 12 June 2019
Fewer beneficiaries are collecting social grants at SAPO branches in January 2019, why? 06 March 2019
The Black Sash Responds to the 2019 Budget Speech 20 February 2019
The Black Sash Responds to #SONA2019 11 February 2019
Coalition Seeks Comprehensive Social Security 30 November 2018
Black Sash Comment On Looming SASSA New Card Switchover 28 November 2018
Medium Term Budget Fails To Protect Most Vulnerable Citizens 26 October 2018
Access To Justice Remains Inaccessible To Many South Africans, But Well Trained Paralegals Provide The Solution 05 October 2018
Supreme Court Of Appeal Rules Social Grants Must Be Protected 28 September 2018
Con Court Holds Minister Dlamini Personally Liable For Social Grants Crisis 27 September 2018
Cals And Black Sash Note Latest Con Court Judgment In Sassa Case 31 August 2018
Black Sash Back In Court To Ensure Social Grant Beneficiaries Protected from Unauthorised and Unlawful Deductions 15 August 2018
The Welfare Of Social Grant Beneficiaries Must Be A Priority During Transition Process 23 July 2018
Court unsympathetic in CPS’s bid to increase its fee’s for cash grant payments 01 June 2018
Sassa Cash Payments Tender Suspended 26 April 2018
Constitutional Court forced to extend CPS contract for another six months -26 March 2018 26 March 2018
Judge to hear closing arguments on Minister Dlamini’s responsibility for March 2017 Social Grants Crisis 16 March 2018
Slow progress on cash payment procurement could derail social grants handover. -13 March 2018 13 March 2018
SASSA back in the Constitutional Court one year later 05 March 2018
President Ramaphosa's SONA encouraging, but SASSA concerns remain 21 February 2018
SASSA form to receive grant payment through a personal bank account 19 February 2018
SASSA’s Report On How Social Grants Will Be Paid, Creates More Confusion Than Clarity 29 January 2018
SASSA's proposed 'hybrid' model options still remains unclear 13 December 2017
Constitutional Court Directive on SASSA Crisis, 29 November 2017 30 November 2017
Latest judgment in social grants case 23 November 2017
IMC report on fixing social grant crisis lacks significant details 22 November 2017
Auditor-General and Panel of Experts second report to Constitutional Court 20 November 2017
Independent report disputes cash paymaster services disclosed full extent of profit 19 November 2017
IMC urged to fast-track SASSA, SAPO deal 08 November 2017
Constitutional Court orders SASSA to reveal social grants payment plan 07 November 2017
Only 99 days left to avoid another national catastrophe in the social grants system 02 November 2017
Black Sash reponds to Medium Term Budget Policy Statement - Tuesday, 25 October 2011 25 October 2017
Service to stop unauthorized, fraudulent and unlawful debit deductions permanently! 05 October 2017
South African NGOs question IFC’s investment into Net1 07 September 2017
Black Sash holds workshop on Social Securtiy reforms in KZN - 29 August 2008 29 August 2017
CALS and Black Sash Welcome Concourt Order on Social Grant Inquiry 04 August 2017
Constitutional Court's Order re Section 38 Inquiry 04 August 2017
Black Sash and CALS seek to appeal ruling on social grant deductions 25 July 2017
Worrying trend of senior government officials being intimidated 19 July 2017
Sygnia launches new money market unit trust that donate management fees to non-partisan civil society organisations fighting corruption - 23 June 2017 22 June 2017
Leave to appeal social grant deductions case refused 20 June 2017
Mary Burton named Patron of the Black Sash 19 June 2017
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