SASSA grant leaves man in his late fifties trapped between systems
The South African | 19.05.2026 18:28
Vusumuzi Mashila sits in a gap that South Africa’s social system was never designed to fill. At his late fifties, he is too old to compete in a job market that favours youth and too young for the SASSA old-age pension that kicks in at 60. In the meantime, he survives on R370 a month, and that is not enough.
