‘Pension must be equal to minimum wage’: Pensioners say they are being left behind
The South African | 20.06.2026 18:45
A growing chorus of voices on The South African‘s Facebook page is reframing the SASSA Old Age Grant debate, not as a welfare question, but as a matter of basic equality. Pensioners, they argue, face the same costs as everyone else. Yet they receive a fraction of what even a minimum wage worker earns each month.
