Millions of South Africans rely on social grants each month. Here’s when the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) ...

SASSA has announced that its grants will increase from October 2025. Next month, certain beneficiaries will have R10 more ...

Millions of people rely on the Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant to purchase basic goods and access basic services ...

South Africa, 22nd Aug 2024, - The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) offers a variety of grants to eligible citizens, including the Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant. If you've applied ...

Learn how to navigate the appeal process for your declined R370 SRD grant application, a crucial lifeline for many South ...

Budget 3.0 will not impact the planned increases to all South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) social grants. This assurance comes after Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana delivered his third ...

It has budgeted R35.2 billion to pay the grant in this financial year, while also appealing a high court ruling that it relaxes its criteria for eligibility to include thousands more people. CAPE TOWN ...

Activists and beneficiaries have sounded the alarm on the monthly online approval system for the Social Relief of Distress grant. This system declines some clients who need the grant the most. The ...

Spending on social grants is a powerful way to support economic growth, because almost 100% of every rand spent flows back into local economies in the form of consumer spending, promoting economic ...

This according to National Treasury’s 2025 Budget Overview released on Wednesday. The number of social grant beneficiaries – excluding those receiving the SRD grant – is expected to rise to 19.3 ...

CAPE TOWN - The Department of Social Development wants the Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant to be extended beyond March 2026, despite Treasury's intentions to stop the welfare initiative. The ...