‘They are paying ghosts’: South Africans turn on SASSA
The South African | 29.05.2026 21:20
Mathabo Phalatse does everything right. She applies. She travels. She queues. She tries again. And still, her Social Relief of Distress grant gets rejected. Meanwhile, South Africans watching her story unfold on social media are asking a question that cuts to the heart of the country’s social grants crisis, who exactly is SASSA paying?
