Take our 2024 Member Survey
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.
Member Survey 2023 results, this is who we are and why we fight
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.
2023 Fellows Announcement
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.
President Ramaphosa, our demands for SONA are clear.
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 […]
Stop closed-door meetings between government and big business
The people, not profit, should govern. But some big businesses have used their power to influence decisions.
Ministers confronted by R350 grant applicants outside Social Sector Summit
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 by taxing the rich.
Results of R350 survey show SASSA must act
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.
R350 Grant Survey
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 like you, to share your experiences by doing our survey.
2025 Fellows Announcement
(From Top Left to Bottom Right) Orthalia Kunene, Nonkululeko Radebe, Thabile Mdhluli, Mpho Masilo, Rina Mankoele Lekoloane and Asanda Bikitsha. The 6 fellows will spend the next four months being trained and equipped with campaigning skills and tools so that we can better support amandla.mobi members like you to win more campaigns for justice. We look […]
We asked everyday people what they want the National Dialogue to prioritise. This is what they said.
Ahead of the National Dialogue, we asked over 300,000 people, primarily black women from low-income backgrounds, what should be prioritised at the National Dialogue. The following are the top three issues they are worried about. 1. Unpaid and inadequate social grants Social grants continue to be a lifeline for millions. Our members, who 84% are […]
Letter to Eminent Persons of the 2025 National Dialogue
15 August 2025 Dear [Eminent Person], This is what the poorest want you to prioritise at the national dialogue We write to you on behalf of concerned communities who desperately want the National Dialogue to address our most pressing issues. We know you are busy with the National Dialogue and that there will be community […]
2024 Fellows Announcement
The moment has arrived!! We are super excited to announce our 2024 campaigner fellows, who are (From Top Left to Bottom Right) Sonia Mzunga, Anathi Siyasi, Nozipho Ntshingila, Aphelele Mkhangwana, Tshegofatso Matsha and Nomzamo Ncgobo. The 6 fellows will spend the next four months being trained and equipped with campaigning skills and tools so that […]
Minister Godongwana’s move to increase the VAT is an attack on the marginalised majority
Community organisation, amandla.mobi, is disappointed and concerned that Finance Minister Godongwana has continued with his aggressive move to ‘increase the VAT rate by half-a percentage point in 2025/26, and by another half-a-percentage point in the following year’. Lessons from the past show that increasing the VAT is not an effective solution to raising enough revenue, […]
Why are South African classrooms and children becoming fast food billboards?
Joint Civil Society Statement 27 February 2025 As civil society organisations committed to food justice, children’s health and education rights,we are alarmed by the recent handover of McDonald’s-branded ‘Mi Desk’ desks to two CapeTown schools, facilitated by the Minister of Basic Education, Siviwe Gwarube. This followssimilar corporate-branded desk donations from Old Mutual and Hollywood Bets. […]
amandla.mobi strongly condemns Minister Parks Tau for siding with Vodacom at the expense of consumers
South Africa’s Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC), Parks Tau, has filed a notice to appeal the Competition Tribunal’s prohibition blocking Vodacom’s purchase of a stake in Remgro’s fibre businesses – Vumatel and Dark Fibre Africa (DFA). Community advocacy organisation, amandla.mobi strongly condemns the move. “It is our view that this unprecedented move will result in […]
Results of social grants survey show more need to increase grants
We conducted a survey to understand and find out if the problems are new or if grant recipients have experienced the same with other social grants.
2024 Fellows Announcement
(From Top Left to Bottom Right) Anathi Siyasi, Nozipho Ntshingila, Sonia Mzunga, Tshegofatso Matsha, Nomzamo Octavia Ngcobo, Aphelele Mkhangwana The 6 fellows will spend the next four months being trained and equipped with campaigning skills and tools so that we can better support amandla.mobi members like you to win more campaigns for justice. We look forward […]
As we commemorate Women’s Month, let’s stand together in support of victims of gender-based violence: Join us at Sebokeng Court to stand with the family of Relebohile Mofokeng
It has been five months since the brutal murder of Relebohile Mofokeng (19), who was sexually assaulted and suffocated to death. As we observe #WomensMonth, we need to remind our leaders that our justice system has to serve women; perpetrators should not feel emboldened to continue to harm due to the backlogs and failures of […]
President Ramaphosa, our demands for SONA are clear
As amandla.mobi, we believe President Ramaphosa has broken his 2022 SONA commitment to “leave no one behind” as millions of people struggle to put food on the table and travel to look for work. amandla.mobi Campaigner Tlou Seopa said the time to debate whether or not a Basic Income Grant should be introduced is over. […]
SASSA and Presidency under fire as hundreds demand Basic Income Grant at SONA
On Thursday, 2 February 2023, protesters marched to the Union Buildings to call on President Ramaphosa to address their social grant demands when he delivers his State of the Nation Address (SONA). On Thursday, 2 February 2023, protesters marched to the Union Buildings to call on President Ramaphosa to address their social grant demands when […]
Communities to march to Union Buildings to demand a Basic Income Grant on Thursday, 2 February 2023, at 10 am
Ahead of President Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address (SONA), members of the amandla.mobi community and other community organisations will be marching to the Union Buildings to demand that government fixes all R350 SRD grant issues, increases the grant, and turns it into a Basic Income Grant by April 2024. Over 300,000 people have signed […]
Stop closed door meetings between government and big business
In a democracy, it should be the people who govern – not profits. However, Koketso Moeti, amandla.mobi Executive Director, told a 13 October 2022 media briefing that some big businesses are using their power to protect their profits at the expense of people in South Africa. “We’ve seen big businesses use their power to influence […]
Litigation against the government over the unfair regulations that govern the social distress relief grant
Our organisations are launching litigation against the government over the unfair regulations that govern the social distress relief (SRD)grant. We are challenging the arbitrary means test, of R350, which deprives millions of people in need of government assistance, and rolls back the right to social assistance for hundreds of thousands who qualified for this assistance […]