Rising food prices are quietly draining this pensioner’s SASSA grant
Fezile Mayekiso, a pensioner in her late sixties from the Western Cape, has been receiving the SASSA Older Persons’ Grant for between one and three years. Living in government-subsidised housing, she relies on the R2 400 monthly payment to support herself and one or two dependents, all while navigating South Africa’s rising cost of living….