Black Sash Media Statements

List of articles in category Media Statements
Title Created Date
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
Black Sash alerts beneficiaries to increase in social grants from 1 April 2014 01 April 2014
Black Sash engages Parliament on the crisis of household debt: Submission to PC Trade and Industry on the National Credit Amendment Bill [b47 -2013] 11 February 2014
Press Statement: Eastern Cape Health Crisis Action Coalition Calls for Decisive and Urgent Action by Government and Traditional Leadership to Stop Annual Avoidable Circumcision Deaths and Mutilations 31 January 2014
Holding social development and SASSA to account: Black Sash stop SASSA-CPS debits campaign 29 January 2014
Closing Pandora’s Box – Black Sash warns against erosion of social grants system 21 October 2013
The Black Sash calls on SASSA to urgently assist victims of grant system error 06 September 2013
Black Sash Media Statement: Over one million orphans desperately need the Foster Child Grant – can the Department of Social Development deliver? - 18 April 2013 18 April 2013
Black Sash calls on President Zuma to IMPROVE FOOD SECURITY in his State of the Nation Address - 13 February 2012 13 February 2013
Supreme Court of Appeal to hear arguments on class action against bread cartel on November 06 - 07 2012 05 November 2012
Minister for the sake of orphans and grandmothers please fix the foster care crisis urgently! 04 September 2012
No More Foster Child Grants for Grannies - 4 September 2012 04 September 2012
People’s Power, People’s Parliament: A Civil Society conference on South Africa’s Legislatures 13 – 15 August 2012, Cape Town 08 August 2012
Cape Court Orders Cape Town Refugee Reception Office to Accept New Asylum Applicants 27 July 2012
Western Cape Refugee Reception Office under threat of closure due to DHA’s mismanagement - Joint Statement on Behalf of Scalabrini Centre, Passop and Black Sash, 9 May 2012 09 May 2012
Cape Town teenagers trained in documentary filmmaking as part of national unity campaign - Unite as One, 20 March 2012 20 March 2012
'Sash presents findings to SAHRC hearings on water and sanitation - Black Sash, 14 March 2012 14 March 2012
ICESCR Campaign welcomes the SA Human Rights Commission hearings on water and sanitation - Tuesday, 13 March 2012 13 March 2012
Black Sash Media Statement on the National Strike - Tuesday, 6 March 2012 06 March 2012
Rights groups win court bid to re-open PE Refugee Reception office - Thursday, 16 February 2012 16 February 2012
Re-registration of 15 million social grant beneficiaries - Black Sash Media Statement, Wednesday 15 February 2012 15 February 2012
Sash responds to State of the Nation address - Black Sash Media, 9 February 2012 09 February 2012
‘Sash calls on President Zuma to defend social grants in his State of the Nation Address' - BLACK SASH, 7 February 2012 07 February 2012
Sash to consolidate its provincial operations - BLACK SASH, 25 January 2012 25 January 2012
Black Sash calls for independent anti-corruption agency - BLACK SASH, Tuesday 6 December 2011 06 December 2011
Rights groups launch urgent high court bid to save PE Refugee office - Black Sash, 2 December 2011 02 December 2011
‘Supreme Court grants bread warriors leave to appeal’ - Black Sash, 30 November 2011 30 November 2011
Until poverty is reduced, we should not be talking about reducing social grants - Black Sash, 24 November 2011 24 November 2011
Joint Media Statement - Closure of Port Elizabeth Refugee Reception Office - Monday, 24 October 2011 24 October 2011
‘Government fails to clear grant appeals backlog by court deadline’ - BLACK SASH, 29 September 2011 29 September 2011
Class action against bread cartel goes ahead despite ruling - BLACK SASH, 29 August 2011 29 August 2011
Media Alert - Judge to rule on class action against bread cartel - BLACK SASH, 26 August 2011 26 August 2011
Civil Society calls for support of 'Red Card Corruption' campaign - Friday. 19 August 2011 19 August 2011
Sash welcomes Green Paper on NHI - BLACK SASH, 11 August 2011 11 August 2011
'Sash concerned over forced removal of a million Zimbabweans' - BLACK SASH, 31 July 2011 01 August 2011
'Support for universal access to tax-funded NHI' - Black Sash, 28 July 2011 28 July 2011
'Urgent call to finalise health service agreements' - Black Sash Joint Statement, June 2011 27 June 2011
‘Appeal in class action case against bread cartel to be heard in Western Cape High Court' - BLACK SASH, Friday 27 May 2011 27 May 2011
'Sash calls for urgent review of flawed foster care system' - BLACK SASH, Monday 23 May 2011 23 May 2011
'Sash reviews socio-economic positions of political parties ahead of the May elections - Black Sash Media Statement, Tuesday 3 May 2011 03 May 2011
Report warns of serious system challenges on eve of World Health Day - Black Sash, 6 April 2011 11 April 2011
Black Sash says CPA will make us the best protected consumers in the world - Tuesday, 29 March 2011 29 March 2011
Black Sash launches 'Right to Water' campaign as part of World Water Week - Wednesday, 23 March 2011 23 March 2011
'Black Sash welcomes bold budget' - BLACK SASH, 23 February 2011 23 February 2011
Black Sash calls for bold anti-poverty budget - BLACK SASH, 22 February 2011 22 February 2011
Black Sash responds to President Zuma's State of the Nation address 10 February 2011
‘Black Sash wants State of the Nation to deal with poverty, inequality and decent jobs’ - BLACK SASH, Tuesday 8 February 2011 08 February 2011
‘Communities to monitor government service delivery’ - BLACK SASH, 1 February 2011 02 February 2011
‘Needy parents should apply for school fee exemptions’ - Black Sash Media Statement, Wednesday 19 January 2011 19 January 2011
“Sash celebrates extension of Child Support Grant to 18” - BLACK SASH, 18 January 2012 18 January 2011
'Civil society groups want SA to raftify key human rights treaty' - BLACK SASH, 7 December 2010 08 December 2010
Black Sash submission to the Competition Tribunal - 28 November 2010 28 November 2010
Bread cartel class action to go ahead despite ruling’ – BLACK SASH, Friday, 26 November 2010 26 November 2010
Joint submission to SA Law Reform Commission - on Dept of Labour Legislation - November 2010 25 November 2010
Sash launches consumer class action against bread cartel - BLACK SASH, Tuesday 23 November 2010 23 November 2010
Black Sash welcomes Competition Commission's R1bn settlement with Pioneer Foods - Wednesday, 3 November 2010 03 November 2010
Sash calls on government to move beyond the politics, promises and policy paralysis ahead of Medium Term Budget Policy Statement - BLACK SASH, 26 October 2010 26 October 2010
'Unite as One' to hold media briefing in Parliament on submission to Refugee Amendment Bill - Tuesday, 26 October 2010 25 October 2010
Black Sash Media Statment - Private Security Sector Provident Fund - 22 October 2009 22 October 2010
‘Civil society groups say government poverty report is flawed’ - BLACK SASH, Thursday, 16 September 2010 16 September 2010
New Bill hampers right to appeal - BLACK SASH, 1 September 2010 01 September 2010
Black Sash Media Statement – “Domestic Workers Dialogue with MP’s” – Monday, 23 August 2010 23 August 2010
‘Sash can assist with unpaid PSSPF claims’ - BLACK SASH, 3 August 2010 04 August 2010
‘Sash urges government to redraft Info Bill’ - BLACK SASH, 27 July 2010 27 July 2010
'Sash condemns MEC's alleged xenophobic remarks' - BLACK SASH, 22 July 2010 22 July 2010
‘Civil society groups launch national unity campaign to curb xenophobia’ - Black Sash, 20 July 2010 20 July 2010
‘Black Sash statement on World Refugee Day’ - BLACK SASH, 21 June 2010 22 June 2010
‘Sash launches foster care campaign’ - BLACK SASH, 14 June 2010 22 June 2010
BLACK SASH MEDIA STATEMENT – ‘Black Sash pays tribute to its patron Sheena Duncan’ 04 May 2010
‘Black Sash launches court application over grant appeal delays’ - BLACK SASH, 7 April 2010 07 April 2010
‘Elderly men finally realise pension equality with women’ - BLACK SASH, 6 April 2010 06 April 2010
“Black Sash launches first comprehensive guide to South Africa’s Social Grant system” - BLACK SASH, 19 March 2010 19 March 2010
"Rights groups celebrate the extension of the Child Support Grant to all those born in 1994" - BLACK SASH, 16 March 2010 17 March 2010
"Sash says Home Affairs remains key service delivery challenge in Gauteng” - BLACK SASH, 17 March 2010 17 March 2010
Black Sash calls on Eastern Cape Premier to get province working - BLACK SASH, 18 Feb 2010 18 February 2010
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