Sassa grant recipients will be happy to know their July 2025 payments will be available early in the month. To ensure a ...

The Department of Social Development wants the SRD grant to be extended beyond March 2026, but many South Africans think the government should create jobs instead.

Parliament has sent back a revised SASSA SRD grant policy that will eventually become the Basic Income Grant in 2026. Here’s ...

Paulnita Marais (EFF) criticised the verification process for disproportionately affecting rural households. She spoke about ...

Millions of unemployed South Africans depend on social assistance. The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) offers ...

Beneficiaries of the R370-a-monthSocial Relief of Distress (SRD) grant are struggling to access the grant because of failures ...

It is also feared that the social relief of distress (SRD) grant may be in the government’s cross-hairs. The withdrawal of the grant would bring annual savings of R36 billion. There were ...

In his budget speech on Wednesday, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana said the R370-a-month Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant will be extended to the end of March 2026. What will happen after that ...