We are doing the Member Survey because we want to hear from amandla.mobi members like you, what issues should we prioritise in 2024, and what actions can we take together to force decision-makers to act? If you have 5 minutes to spare, please take our 2024 member survey. Read more

We ran the member survey last year to get an understanding of who makes up our members, where they are are located and what makes them members of amandla .mobi. These responses then give us a chance to set an agenda that we all collectively decide on. So far most of the campaign actions from this year were shaped by the results of the member survey.  Read more

The moment has arrived!! We are super excited to announce our 2023 campaigner fellows, who are (From Top Left to Bottom Right) Palesa Ndlovu, Celokuhle Radebe, Natasha Mhlanga, Ritza Mandleni, Queen Mdluli and Minothando Hlanganyana. Read more

The amandla.mobi Campaigner Fellowship is designed for writers and community organisers to receive training in best practice campaigning, intensive coaching and hands-on practical experience in running campaigns that use petitions, public submissions, protests and other tactics to hold those in power to account. Read more

Our members have highlighted barriers to applying for the grant, non-payments, delays with appeals and poor communication from Sassa. Ahead of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address (SONA), we demand the government increase the grant and turn it into a Basic Income Grant by April 2024. President Ramaphosa should take note of the suffering of millions of people in Mzansi who live below the poverty line and the more than 300,000 people who have signed a petition in… Read more

The people, not profit, should govern. But some big businesses have used their power to influence decisions. Read more

On Thursday, 4 August 2022, members of the amandla.mobi community protested outside the Presidential Social Sector Summit in Boksburg. Protesters demanded that the Department of Social Development urgently fixes R350 grant problems because Sassa had stopped paying the grant to millions. They also highlighted barriers to applying for the grant, non-payments, delays with appeals and poor communication from Sassa. Holding huge letters and placards, protesters also communicated their demand to turn the R350 grant into a Basic Income Grant funded… Read more

On 1 October 2021, we launched a survey to gather the necessary evidence to expose the main problems and show SASSA that they must act. Read more

Together we helped force President Ramaphosa to bring back the R350 grant. But the grant was not increased, and many people are still having problems getting the grant. We are a small NGO, so we cannot help each person get it. But what amandla.mobi can do, is demand that SASSA fixes the problems people are having. We need more information about these problems to show SASSA that they must urgently act. That’s why we’re asking members of our community, people… Read more

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On Thursday, 17 October 2024, amandla.mobi will picket at Sassa and DSD and at Treasury on Friday, 18 October 2024, to spotlight the out-of-control SRD grant issues and pressure Minister Tolashe and Minister Godongwana to urgently fix and increase the grant. Read more

Women and children continue to die while the President refuses to be a champion of a strong GBVF bill. President Ramaphosa has to do right by all women and children living in this country and give justice to victims of Gender-Based Violence Read more

Who are your fellow amandla .mobi members? The majority are low-income, are women, and are Black. No matter who you are, we are united by our belief that we can hold decision-makers to account when we act together to amplify the voices of those most impacted by injustice. Read more

As fibre becomes more accessible, mobile network operators are joining the race to consolidation in the telecom sector, but this poses a risk to consumer welfare. Read more

More should be done to address the barriers posed by having a criminal record, beyond those relating to the Covid-19 restrictions. Expunging records would not only offer people second chances but would give political life to the 2008 legislation to achieve what it set out to do. There are a few ways the state can do more to help people turn their lives around. Read more