Black Sash Media Statements

List of articles in category Media Statements
Title	Created Date
Open Letter to Finance Minister: Budget places the poor on the altar of fiscal consolidation	01 March 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
The Black Sash condemns the scandalous profiteering by Cash Paymaster Services	31 May 2017
Black Sash Media Release: Resignation of Serge Belamant	25 May 2017
Black Sash Media Alert - Judgement in court cases to be handed down at 10am, 9 May 2017	08 May 2017
Statement from Trustees of the Black Sash	07 May 2017
Black Sash Media Release: A crisis has been averted, but there is still a journey ahead...	17 March 2017
Three weeks left before the SASSA grants payment deadline	06 March 2017
Media Release: Black Sash takes SASSA to court over grants	28 February 2017
Media release: Who is ultimately responsible for holding the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) accountable?	02 February 2017
Minister Dlamini To Appear Before Inquiry To Account For Social Grant Debacle	19 January 2017
Black Sash Media Release: SASSA and DSD finally reveal grant payment in-sourcing progress	01 December 2016
Media release: Who will be responsible for making social grant payments from 1 April 2017? Will social grant beneficiaries even be paid?	24 November 2016
Black Sash Statement on the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement	27 October 2016
Media release: Mass silent protest for the Hands Off Our Grants Campaign	14 October 2016
Hands Off Our Grants Campaign: call to action	12 October 2016
Petition: To Minister of Social Development, SASSA, Net 1, Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) and Grindrod Bank Hands off our Grants	06 October 2016
Channel life Limited and Sanlam Developing Markets Limited challenge	09 May 2016
Statement by the Min of Social Development, Ms Bathabile Dlamini, on unauthorised grant deductions.	06 May 2016
Prejudicial rules of representation at the CCMA challenged in court by the Casual Workers Advice Office, the Black Sash and others	28 April 2016
Re: Black Sash Response to the Nkandla Constitutional Court Ruling	08 April 2016
Black Sash Condemns Massive Foster Care Fraud in KZN	13 March 2016
Media release: Appointment of new SASSA social grant service provider	15 October 2015
Civil Society impatient with social security reforms	17 August 2015
Black Sash press statement on the Flemix case outcome	10 July 2015
60th Anniversary celebrations, 19 to 22 May 2015 – Lynette Maart's Speech	20 May 2015
Media release: Black Sash turns sixty	15 May 2015
Constitutional Court acts decisively to birth new SASSA tender	24 March 2015
Black Sash admitted as Amicus Curiae in Allpay 2 Constitutional Court Case	18 March 2015
Dullah Omar School for the Community Advice Office Sector	09 March 2015
Black Sash - pre SONA 2015 press release	12 February 2015
Media statement by Dosd Min Dlamini on unauthorised deductions	16 September 2014
The constitutional court judgement Allpay and others vs SASSA, cash paymaster services	22 April 2014

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